Call for Nominations: IFMBE and IUPESM 2006 AwardsThe IFMBE maintains an awards program to recognize individuals for their contributions to Biomedical Engineering. There are currently two awards: the Otto Schmitt Award and the Vladimir K. Zworykin Award, named after the IFMBE Founder President Professor V. K. Zworykin. The awards are presented every three years on the occasion of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. The IFMBE Awards Committee is responsible for the selection of the two awardees to be honoured. In addition to its own awards program, IFMBE participates in the IUPESM awards program. Every three years, IUPESM honours individuals with its Awards of Merit which recognize a Medical Physicist and a Biomedical Engineer who have established distinguished careers in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, respectively. IFMBE is, through its Awards Committee, responsible for the selection of the Biomedical Engineer to be awarded. IUPESM Awards of MeritTwo Awards of Merit will be conferred at the Seoul 2006 World Congress by the International Union of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM). These prestigious awards will recognise a biomedical engineer and a medical physicist who have demonstrated a distinguished career in biomedical engineering and medical physics, respectively. The awardees will receive travel funds to attend the World Congress 2006 in Seoul, where the awards will be presented. The IFMBE Awards Committee, chaired by Makoto Kikuchi, the IFMBE Vice-President, will select the biomedical engineer for this award. The committee is seeking nominations from the biomedical engineering community and would like to receive nominations for the best biomedical engineers from around the world. Nominations can be made by IUPESM, IFMBE, IOMP, their member societies, and any individual member of the constituent societies. The criteria for nominations include: a significant impact on the science and practice of biomedical engineering, major influence on the development of the profession, and meritorious activities in a national and/or international biomedical engineering organisation. The Awards Committee strongly encourages all affiliated organisations to nominate their distinguished members and/or distinguished scientists and researchers from the biomedical engineering community from all over the world. IFMBE AwardsOtto Schmitt AwardThe Otto Schmitt Award is given to a biomedical engineer for exceptional contributions to the advancement of the field of medical and biological engineering. Nominees must be members of an IFMBE affiliated organisation. The awardee will receive travel funds to attend the World Congress 2006 in Seoul, where the award will be presented. The criteria for nominations include innovation, leadership, and seminal contributions to medical and biological engineering. The Awards Committee is seeking nominations from the biomedical engineering community and would like to receive nominations from around the world. Nominations can be made by IFMBE, its member societies, and any individual member of the constituent societies. Vladimir K. Zworykin AwardThe Vladimir K. Zworykin Award is given to a Biomedical Engineer for outstanding research contributions in the field of medical and biological engineering. Nominees must be members of an IFMBE affiliated organisation. The awardee will receive travel funds to attend the World Congress 2006 in Seoul, where the award will be presented. The criteria for nominations include innovation and outstanding research contributions to medical and biological engineering. Nominations can be made by IFMBE, its member societies, and any individual member of the constituent societies. Nomination ProcedureThe nomination for all three awards consists of a two-step process. Initially, the nominator is asked to submit a single-page write-up (approximately 500 words) with a summary of the individual's qualifications and addressing the criteria for selection. The committee will evaluate the short summary and select three or four individuals to be further considered for each of the awards. The nominators of these individuals will then be asked to submit a more detailed nomination and detailed curriculum vitae for final evaluation. The Awards Committee urges nominators to keep their nominations confidential and not to contact or inform the nominee of the nomination. To be considered by the award committee, initial nominations must have been received no later than May 31, 2005. Nominations for any of the awards should be sent to the Chairman of the IFMBE Awards Committee:
Prof. Dr. Makoto Kikuchi
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