Sigerist Prize
The Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Science
invites applications for the
Henry-E.-Sigerist-Prize for the promotion of young
scholars in the history of medicine and science.
Deadline for application: March 31st 2014
The prize was founded in 1967 by Mr. and Mss.
Guggenheim-Schnurr from Basel in order to award outstanding young scholars in
the field of history of medicine and science.
Applicants should submit studies completed within the
last two years, i.e.
- articles published in journals
- dissertations
- printed books
- works of another kind which have been selected by the
jury or proposed to it.
The texts must be written either in German, French,
Italian or English and related to Switzerland by content, authorship,
institution or topic.
Work which has previously been awarded a prize is not
eligible. Authors should not be older than 36 years of age. Dissertations and
books have to be accompanied by a summary of no more than five pages. The
detailed regulations can be found at www.sggmn.ch/sigerist-preis-e.html.
The prize amounts to CHF 2000.- (approx. EUR 1300)
Applications (in electronic form or in two paper copies,
including a short CV) and enquiries should be sent to the president of the
jury:
Dr Philip Rieder
Institut éthique histoire humanités
Centre Médical Universitaire
Case postale
1211 Genève 4
Tél: 021 379 46 03