2009 Busse Research Awards

Submitted by Carole Proctor on Thu, 17/07/2008 - 13:11
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Carole Proctor
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2009 Busse Research Awards to be presented at the 19th IAGG World Congress of  Gerontology and Geriatrics

Call for Nominations

Promoting international research in gerontology, two Busse Research Awards will be given at the XIX World Congress of Gerontology in Paris France, July 5-9, 2009.

Deadline for receipt of applications: September 4, 2008.

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Two gerontologists (junior or mid-career) will be selected. One award will recognize a scientist from the social/behavioral sciences; the other from the biomedical sciences. Awards are $5,000 each, with up to $3,000 travel/living expenses. Awardees must present a lecture based on their research at the conference.

For information and application forms, please visit the congress website at:

http://www.gerontologyparis2009.com/site/view8b.php?id=155

or contact: Harvey Jay Cohen, MD, Jury Chair Busse Research Awards Center for Aging, Box 3003, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA

TEL: (919) 660-7502

FAX: (919) 684-8569

E-mail: charlene.matte@duke.edu