EFMC 2008 Awards - Call for Nominations open

The EFMC confers every two years, on the occasion of the EFMC-ISMC Symposium, three awards including

• the Nauta Award for Pharmacochemistry, established by the Dutch Foundation "Stichting Prof. Dr.W.Th. Nauta Fonds",
• the UCB-Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry, established by UCB and
• the Prous Institute-Overton and Meyer Award for New Technologies in Drug Discovery, established by Prous Institute for Biomedical Research.

All 3 awards consist of a diploma, € 7.500 and an invitation for a lecture by the Award recipient at the upcoming EFMC-ISMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry.

For the advancement of medicinal chemistry and the development of international organisational structures in Medicinal Chemistry. The award will be given for outstanding achievements in the field of Medicinal Chemistry.

To acknowledge and recognise outstanding research in the field of Medicinal Chemistry in its broadest sense by a young scientist. This award has been established with the support of UCB Pharma.

To encourage innovation and investigation in technological development related to drug discovery, this Award established with the support of Prous Institute will be given for the discovery, evaluation or use of new technologies.

The Awards will be conferred on the occasion of the XXth EFMC, ‘International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry’ (ISMC), to be held in Vienna, Austria, 31st August to 4th September, 2008

Nominations for these Awards should consist of a nomination letter, a brief CV, including a list of selected publications, and two supporting letters. The nominations should be submitted to the Chairman of the Juries:

Prof. Roberto Pellicciari, President of EFMC, Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy; Fax: +39-075-585-5124, E-mail: EFMCAwards@efmc.info

DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2008

Please visit www.efmc.info for more information and Award regulations.

By Gerhard Ecker