J. Christian Gillin Junior Investigator Research Award

Sponsored by Apollo Light Systems

 

INDEX
Summary
Guidelines
Instructions
Award Winners

SUMMARY

The Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms offers a $500 award for the purpose of stimulating research in clinical aspects of biological rhythms and light therapy and other areas of relevance to the Society. The award is generously supported by Apollo Light Systems.

GUIDELINES

  1. Candidates for the junior investigator award shall be graduate-level trainees or shall have completed their doctoral degree (or equivalent) within five years of the date of application for the award. If a senior investigator is listed as a co-author, the senior author must supply an accompanying letter indicating the degree of independence represented by the candidate's contribution. Submissions are welcome from any country.

  2. The manuscript must report original empirical research done in an area relevant to the Society.

  3. Submissions will be judged based on their originality and independence of thought and their scientific contribution.

  4. The submission should be in the form of a manuscript suitable for publication. The results must not have been published at the time of submission.  Review articles are not appropriate, however a meta-analysis may be accepted if it represents substantial original work.

  5. The winning author will receive complimentary meeting registration and will be invited to present the paper at the next annual meeting of SLTBR when the award is presented.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. All guidelines above must be followed strictly or the manuscript will not be considered.
  2. Submit an electronic copy of a 10 to 20 page (excluding references) double-spaced, page-numbered manuscript.
  3. Submit an electronic copy of a brief biographical sketch (one page) with the manuscript.
  4. The deadline for receipt of submissions is April 25, 2008

Submissions should be emailed to:
Robert Levitan at sltbrinfo@gmail.com

AWARD WINNERS

2007 - Konrad Jankowski

2006 - Marie-Pier Lavoie, Ph.D., Centre de Recherche Universite Laval Robert-Giffard, Quebec, Canada

2004 - Kelly J. Rohan,Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

2002 - Kathelijne M. Koorengevel, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

2001 - Erin Michalak, Ph.D., University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2000 - Katherine Sharkey, M.D., Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

1999 - Marc Hébert, Ph.D., Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

1998 - Alexander Neumeister, M.D., University of Vienna, Austria

1997 - Boris Pinchasov, M.D., Novosibirsk, Russia