The Svedberg Award

 

Presentation

The Svedberg Award is a scientific prize of about SEK 35 000 that is yearly awarded by The Swedish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SFBM) and The Swedish National Committee for Molecular Biosciences. The fund was set up with means from the 9th International Biochemistry Congress and intend to render a yearly award for biochemical research. The fund was established by The Swedish National Committee for Biochemistry and is managed by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The award winner shall be a Swedish or foreign scientist in Biochemistry or Molecular Biology under the age of 40*, working in Sweden.

The award of SEK 35 000 together with the medal and diploma will be presented at the annual meeting of SFBM in September 2011 in Tällberg.

Call for nominations occurs every year, early spring:
Nominations should include a short presentation, curriculum vitae (CV), a list of publications, where the five most prominent are highlighted.
This years awardee will be presented during SFBM Symposium (18 - 21 September 2011).

Send your nomination, no later than 31 March, to:
SFBM
c/o Svenska Kemistsamfundet
Wallingatan 24, 3tr
111 24 STOCKHOLM

* The candidate must not turn 40 during the year  the award is presented.