ESA Dräger Prize in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

The European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) is pleased to announce that for the sixth time, in 2012, an annual prize in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine will be awarded, sponsored by Dräger.

Full guidelines can be found below.

Guidelines for ESA Dräger Prize in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

1. An annual prize of € 10,000 will be awarded to an anaesthesia or intensive care department (not an individual) in Europe. The prize is for a clinical or a laboratory peer-reviewed publication of significant clinical relevance on an intensive care topic published in the previous calendar year, e.g. award in 2012 for a paper published in 2011. The prize will be advertised on the ESA website, and regularly in the EJA and ESA Newsletter.
2. Applications are to be made by the authors of suitable papers. One of the applicants must be an active member of ESA when applying for the prize.
3. A single page of double-spaced A4 paper should accompany submission of a copy of the article, detailing why the authors think they should be considered for the prize.
4. The deadline for submission is 1 March 2012.
5. All submissions will be reviewed by the ESA Dräger Prize Subcommittee established specifically for this purpose (see below). The Committee will classify the submissions as eligible or ineligible. A short-list will be drawn up from the eligible applications.
6. Two external reviewers, selected by the Committee, will be asked to assess all short-listed applications, using a predesigned form.
7. The ESA Dräger Prize Subcommittee shall comprise 5 members: a. the Chairperson of the Research Committee (RC); b.two active ESA members who have an interest in intensive care, appointed by the Chairperson of the RC; c. the Chairperson of subcommittee 12 of the Scientific Committee (SC Intensive Care Medicine); d. a member of subcommittee 12, nominated by the Chairperson of subcommittee 12 and approved by the Chairperson of the RC. The Committee will be chaired by the Chairperson of the RC. No RC member, no Dräger Prize Subcommittee member, or any of their department, can apply for the prize. At least two members of the Subcommittee will be replaced each year. Representation on the Subcommittee from around Europe is preferable. No more than two Subcommittee members will be from the same country.
8. No paper which is co-authored by employees of Dräger Medical AG will be considered. Any financial support from Dräger Medical AG or any other source for the research must be detailed in the application.

In the year the Prize is awarded, the winner receives free registration to the Euroanaesthesia Congress to accept the prize during the Awards Ceremony.p>

Please send your application before 1 March 2012, 23:59 CET (Central European Time) ESA Dräger Prize Administrator.

 

 

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