| The 2012 award |
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W
e received this year 13 inscriptions to the award Anne
Maurer-Cecchini
recovering research of great interest.
Finally, the 2012 award of 20'000 chf has been attributed to:
to help them in their project for the eradication of yaws.
The award was delivered during the closing session of the Geneva Health Forum april 20, 2012. You can watch here the video message of Dr Oriol Mitja projected at these occasion.
We want to thanks the scientific comitee, reinforced this year by Dr
Pierre Buffet of the hospital de la Pitié Salpêtrière in Paris, for
having analysed the submitted researches.
THE 2014 AWARD
will be
attributed during the Geneva Health Forum in april-mai 2014
in Geneva (Switzerland). | >>
Geneva Health Forum |. More details in January 2014.
In the meantime, we wish you the best for your research.
Art. 1
In memory of Anne Maurer-Cecchini, who had decided to work on neglected
tropical diseases, the Anne Maurer-Cecchini Foundation creates an award
to encourage and sustain research in this field.
Art. 2
The award is normally granted every 2 years to reward, or to finance,
clinical or epidemiological research performed in the field of
neglected tropical diseases. Its aim is to help the team who
accomplished the work to continue its research.
Art. 3
The award is attributed by the foundation committee on the basis of
proposals from the scientific committee. The amount, published on the
website, is determined at every deadline by the foundation committee.
Art. 4
The scientific committee is designated by the foundation committee;
members are chosen amongst specialists in neglected tropical diseases
on the basis of their scientific skills. They work on a voluntary
basis.
Art. 5
The Anne Maurer-Cecchini award is publicly announced. At every
deadline, the committee may give specific details on the research field
chosen. Candidates may apply to the scientific committee or the
foundation committee by attaching publications about the eligible
research work. In order to make a proposal, the scientific committee
evaluates the performed work on the basis of published works or works
in print.
Art. 6
The award may occasionally be shared between 2 research works judged as
equal. It may also be delayed one year in case of absence of eligible
application. The award will be delivered, if possible, during a
conference attended by the research team.
Art. 7
The decisions taken by the foundation committee concerning the award
attribution cannot be appealed and any procedure of appeal or mail
exchange on this subject is forbidden. Applying to the Anne
Maurer-Cecchini award implies full and complete acceptance of the
present regulations. These regulations may be modified at any time. The
current version will be available on the foundation website and is the
sole authentic version for third parties.
Art. 8
The shared information for the award attribution (except for
publications)
will neither be published nor divulged by the committee. Names of
winners and rewarded works may be quoted and published by the
foundation.
Translated from the french version 1.0 dated 12/21/2009 that
was approved by the Swiss Governement.