CSG Prize for most relevant publication in society & genomics – call for submissions
05 nov 2009
In 2010, The Centre for Society and Genomics will present the first CSG Prize. The CSG prize will be awarded to a publication that has most succesfully translated ‘society & genomics’ research to an audience of outsiders. Those can be professionals, users, patients, consumers, citizens, school pupils, scientists or others affected by genomics in any way – that is, the audience is potentially anyone except merely one’s own academic peers. Submissions will be judged on the relevance and usability for their readers, who are potential users of the presented work. We invite submission of publications that have appeared between January 1, 2008 and January 1, 2010. Publications may be written in English, Dutch or in any other language, providing that an English or Dutch translation is subjoined. Any author may submit only one publication.The submission should include a one-page document with evidence and arguments to substantiate the relevance and usability of the publication.Files (consisting of publication, if necessary translation and supporting document) should be submitted no later than February 1, 2010.An independent jury will judge the submissions. The author(s) of the winning publication will be awarded with a challenge trophy and a small cash prize during the conference dinner of the International Conference “Ten years after: mapping the societal landscape” (Amsterdam, May 27-28 2010). The winner(s) are expected to be present at the dinner. The jury consists of:
- Wilma van Donselaar, manager Operations and Public Affairs at the Netherlands Genomics Initiative
- Ingrid Geesink, senior researcher Technology Assessment at the Rathenau Institute
- Niki Korteweg, science journalist
Secretary of the jury is Maud Radstake, Research & Dialogue manager, Centre for Society and Genomics. For submissions and enquiries, please contact her via prize@society-genomics.nl