Europe’s ABCD seeks applications for the 2022 Young Scientist Award

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The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) is seeking applications for the 2022 ABCD & Boehringer Ingelheim Award, which aims to reward innovative and outstanding work by promising young professionals in the field of feline infectious diseases or applied immunology. The deadline for submission is April 15, 2022.

Candidates should be based in Europe, have completed a veterinary or biomedical curriculum, and ideally be under age 35 years at the time of application, according to ABCD. Candidates should also have made an original contribution to the field of feline infectious diseases or immunology, with publication or acceptance for publication in a referenced journal or accepted by another assessing body in 2020 or later.

Applications should be made in English in an electronic format. They should include a short abstract—up to 500 words—of the work the applicant wishes to submit, as well as a short curriculum vitae and 2 personal references. Any relevant publications or dissertations on the topic should also be included.

The 2022 award is funded by Boehringer Ingelheim and will be presented by the ABCD at the congress of the International Society of Feline Medicine, from June 30, 2022, to July 1, 2022, in Rhodes, Greece. The award winner will receive a complimentary registration to this meeting, along with return travel expenses and accommodations. This laureate is expected to give a short presentation or present a poster of their findings at this event.

The Young Scientist Award was created in 2008 jointly by Boehringer Ingelheim—then Merial— and the ABCD. The 2021 recipients of the Award were Julia Klaus (Zurich, Switzerland) and Yasmina Parr (Glasgow, Scotland)

Application forms and rules are available on the ABCD website—www.abcdcatsvets.org. Anyone interested should contact Karin de Lange, ABCD secretary, at kdelange@invivo.edu for more information.

Reference

ABCD & Boehringer Ingelheim invite applications for the 2022 Young Scientist Award. News release. Accessed February 23, 2022. http://www.abcdcatsvets.org/abcd-boehringer-ingelheim-young-scientist-award-2021/