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The Royal Society Pfizer AwardThis prestigious international award, sponsored by Pfizer Ltd, is designed to reward scientists, based in Africa, at the outset of their career and to promote science capacity building in the developing world. The award will recognise a research scientist, at an early stage of their research career, who is making an innovative contribution to the biological sciences, including basic medical science, which contributes significantly to capacity building in Africa. £60,000 will be awarded as a grant in order for the recipient to carry out a research project that is linked to an African centre of scientific excellence, which would normally be a University, or equivalent research centre. The grant is intended to cover the costs of the research project except from the awardees own salary (see terms and conditions for further information about the award). A further £5,000 will be given as a prize to the recipient. Most recent winner The 2008 Royal Society Pfizer award was awarded to Dr Enock Matovu, Makerere University, Uganda. In recognition of his work on molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness in Africa. Click here to find out more about previous winners. Selection The nominations for the Royal Society Pfizer Award will be assessed by the Royal Society Biological Sciences Medals and Awards Committee, made up of Fellows of the Royal Society. This Committee recommends to Council the recipient of the Award. Click here for more information about the Committee Selection will be based on past achievement in the field, rather than the proposed programme of activities albeit that where two candidates are deemed to be equal the strength of their proposed research programme will be used to determine the winner. Making a nomination The online nomination process for the Award comprises two parts: a nomination by a proposer summarising the candidate's scientific record, suitability for the award and impact on Africa (Form A); and a statement by the candidate outlining how they intend to spend the research grant (Form B). Nominations must also include a copy of the candidate's CV, a list of their 20 most important publications and their citation record, along with the database they used and the search criteria.
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