Minerva Foundation
The Minerva Foundation supports and promotes Finnish research in the field of natural sciences, especially medicine. The major activity is maintenance of the Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research at the Biomedicum Helsinki research center.
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3/2019 - Minerva Scientific Report
MINERVA SCIENTIFIC REPORT 2018
DOWNLOAD3/2019 - Open for application
Medix prize of the Minerva Foundation
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Minerva Foundation we declare open for application
TWO MEDIX PRIZES OF THE MINERVA FOUNDATION FOR BIOSCIENCES 2019
Each 20.000€
The Medix Prize is awarded annually for an excellent Finnish scientific study published as one article during the previous year (now 2018). One of the prizes is awarded for a study of clinical medicine and the other for biomedical basic research. The work must be performed entirely or in its essential parts in Finland. The Rector of the University of Helsinki or his representative will give out the prize in the autumn of 2019. The venue and date of the event are announced in due course. At the prize awarding event the winners will give a lecture on the content and significance of the awarded articles.
Proposals for the publication to be awarded shall be sent to the chairman of the prize board, prof. Vesa Olkkonen at the address vesa.olkkonen@helsinki.fi (deadline 2.5.2019). The applicant must decide which prize he or she is applying for and express it clearly in the proposal with a heading “clinical medicine” or “biomedical basic research”. An electronic copy (PDF) of the candidate publication and preferably a brief statement of justification (max. 1 page) shall be attached to the proposal. The publication may have one or several authors; In the latter case the prize will be shared among the authors. Review articles are not eligible for the prize; Of Ph.D. theses compiled of several articles only the individual original publications can be considered for the prize. Scientists’ proposals for awarding their own work are also welcomed.
3/2019 - Open for application
Selma and Maja-Lisa Selander's Fund for Research in Odontology
From Selma and Maja-Lisa Selanders fund 5-8 grants are awarded. The deadline for the applications is 2.5.2019 at 16.00. The applications are sent electronically to professor Vesa Olkkonen at the address vesa.olkkonen@helsinki.fi.
The application should include the applicant’s CV, publication list and a research plan (max five pages). For Ph.D. students the application should include 1-2 references.
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