Announcing Scientific Prizes for Parkinson’s Disease

The Aufzien Family Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, hereinafter referred to as “APPD”, will award two prizes to outstanding researchers in Parkinson’s Disease. APPD is committed to support excellence in fundamental and translational research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Parkinson’s Disease by awarding these scientific prizes – Established and Junior.

The APPD Scientific Prizes will be awarded to an investigator in recognition of the excellence and impact of his/her work in Parkinson’s Disease. The Prize will honor major research discoveries.

The amount of the Prize is set to $7,000 USD for the Established Scientist Prize and $3,500 USD for the Junior Scientist Prize. The prize money is intended to be used for scientific purposes.

Established Scientist Prize: Ten or more years of experience in a tenure track position at a University or Institute. Began position before October 1, 2014.

Junior Scientist Prize: Ten or less years of experience in a tenure track position at a University or Institute. Began position after October 1, 2014.

The Prizes are open to investigators in an Israeli University, hospital or institute holding a faculty position in a University as either M.D., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. Candidates must be actively performing

research in Israel (Emeritus status not eligible).

Current members of the APPD Steering Committee are ineligible.

Nomination process

Nominations to the Prize may be submitted by a peer or self-nominations. In case of self-nomination, letters must be sent directly from referees.

Required documents

In order to nominate a candidate, a peer will need to:

• fill out the nomination form,
• provide the CV (documenting the candidate’s academic records, professional experience, distinctions and awards, main lectures/presentations) and the full list of publications of the candidate,
• gather three letters of support (includes the nominator letter, for total of three).

All the documents must be submitted in English ONLY.

Electronic submission

The documents must be submitted electronically as one PDF file via email to Dr. Keren Shatzman <kersha@tauex.tau.ac.il> by May 15, 2024.

No supplementary material other than the documents requested are accepted.