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João Monjardino 2022 Prize

Destaque

28.11.2022 - The Jury of the João Monjardino 2022 Prize gathered on 9 November to review the applications submitted to the competition (see list). The application of the researcher Joana Vanessa Duarte Isidro, first author of the article "Phylogenomic characterization and signs of microevolution in the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox virus", published in Nature Medicine, was selected.
The Jury also decided that two applications did not meet the conditions to be accepted, one because the proposed article did not fit into the theme of the competition, and another because the research that led to the proposed article was not carried out in an institution of the National System of Science and Technology, as required by the call regulations.
Applicants may, within 10 working days of this announcement, submit comments for a preliminary hearing on the draft evaluation results to the email address premio.monjardino@fct.pt

Viral Diseases: Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis and Control

Purpose and applicants

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Important Dates

Application deadline: 15 June to 30 September 2022, 17:00H (Lisbon time)

The Prize is intended to distinguish the best paper published on the topic Viral Diseases: Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis and Control without restrictions concerning the year of publication, which describes the results of research carried out in an institution of the national science and technology system by a researcher under 35 years old at time of submission of the application.

Only one original work per applicant will be admitted to the competition, published or accepted for publication with proof of acceptance in a national or international specialist journal and in which the applicant must be first author or co-author (as long as it is acknowledged in the publication as having an equal contribution to the paper as the first author).

Funding

The amount of the Prize is 10.000 EUR (ten thousand euros), paid in equal shares by both foundations and awarded in a single instalment.

How and when to apply

Applications must be submitted between 15 June 2022 and 30 September 2022 (5pm, Lisbon time), by filling in the online application form available here.

The following documents must be uploaded in the application form:

Applicant’s citizenship card (Cartão de Cidadão - CC);
Letter from the head of the research group, confirming that the research was carried out in their laboratory/institution and that he was informed and approves the application. The letter must also contain information about the applicant’s contribution to the work published or accepted for publication;
Proof of acceptance for publication of the paper if it has not yet been published.

Evaluation

The evaluation is carried out by the following members of the Jury:

Ruy Ribeiro (presidente of the Jury)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Margarida Correia-Neves
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute
Luís Graça
Lisbon School of Medicine, iMM
Paulo Jorge Cruz Paixão
(on behalf of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia)
NOVA Medical School, Portuguese Society of Virology
Miguel Carneiro de Moura
(on behalf of the Fundação Francisco Pulido Valente)
Lisbon School of Medicine (Professor Emeritus)