Award for Excellence in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2012

This award recognises and rewards an outstanding lifetime contribution in the areas of science, education or professional affairs in clinical microbiology and/or infectious diseases.

The award will be presented by the ESCMID President at the 22nd ECCMID 2012 in London.

Nominees for the award must be senior scientists who are professionally active and prepared to give a keynote lecture during the 22nd ECCMID 2012. Members of the ESCMID Executive Committee are ineligible during their term of office and for 2 years thereafter.

ESCMID goes green! All documentation is to be submitted electronically and no hard copies are required. When submitting, please have the following documentation ready and make sure you have uploaded the correct documents. After the deadline, you cannot make changes to any part of your nomination.

• PDF-Document (Nominee_Surname.pdf max 4MB) with: Biographical sketch of the nominee (maximum two pages); Summary and analysis of the nominee's major contributions to science, education or public health in the field of clinical microbiology and/or infectious diseases; List of the major original publications in refereed journals. Files should be included in this order.
• Scan files (Supporter1Surname_support1.pdf max 4MB and Supporter2Surname_support2.pdf max 4MB) Two letters of support from individuals outside the nominating institution.
• A colour photograph as (Nominee_Surname_Firstname.tiff, .eps or .jpg max 4MB) file at least 4 x 6 cm with 300 dpi resolution for publication.

During the 22nd ECCMID, the Excellence Awardee will be honoured on the occasion of a 40-min lecture she/he will be asked to give. Her/his name will be published in the Final Programme, the ESCMID Yearbook and on the ESCMID website.

The Excellence Awardee will also be asked for a manuscript on the research field to which she/he mostly contributed for publication in Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI).