Nature 2008 mentoring awards: Germany
Maxine Clarke
Wednesday, 02 April 2008 13:01 UTC
This week sees the launch of the 2008 Nature Awards for Mentorship in Science. This year the competition will be held in Germany. If you wish to nominate outstanding mentors working in Germany, please visit our special website for the purpose. The deadline for nominations is 4 July. The winners, who each receive a cash prize of €10,000 (US$ 15,450), will be announced in October. Nominees for an award may be working in any discipline within the natural sciences; and nominees should be resident in Germany at the time of the nomination
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So, who won? :-)
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“Nominations have now closed. The prizes will be awarded at a ceremony in Berlin in October 2008.”
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Is the ceremony open to the public?
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The announcement will be made later this month.
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The ceremony is by invitation only, but one can be invited!
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The 2008 Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science were presented by Dr Philip Campbell, the Editor-in-Chief of Nature, at a ceremony in Berlin last week.
Congratulations to Klaas Bergmann (Technical University of Kaiserslautern) and Heinrich Betz (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt) who share the lifetime achievement award, and Peer Bork (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg) who received the mid-career award.
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Congratulations!
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