Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research: Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award, Dr. Willmar Schwabe Research Scholarship for Young Scientists, Egon-Stahl-Award in Bronze, Egon-Stahl-Award in Gold

Announcement of the Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award 2014

The Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award acknowledges outstanding results of pharmacological and/or clinical research in the field of herbal medicinal products. The award is endowed with 10 000 € by the endowing sponsor Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH, Karlsruhe (Germany).

The aim of the award is to motivate younger scientists (preferably 40 years or younger) to resolve phytotherapeutical and phytopharmaceutical problems in an interdisciplinary approach, in order to support the evidence-based use of natural products.

Research groups and scientists of universities and other non-commercial scientific institutions are entitled to apply. Scientific applications to be nominated (consisting of up to three relevant scientific publications on a specific topic which have been published during the last three years, the CV(s) and the list(s) of publications) must be submitted to the president of GA in electronic form (as CD-Rs in five copies) until April 5, 2014.

The Dr. Willmar Schwabe Award will be bestowed during the 62nd International Congress and Annual Meeting of GA in Guimarães (Portugal), 31 August – 4 September 2014. The award winner will present the scientific findings in a lecture at the congress.

January 2014

Prof. Dr. Matthias Hamburger, GA President

Documents are to be sent to: Prof. Dr. Matthias Hamburger Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel Klingelbergstraße 50 CH-4056 Basel Switzerland E-mail: [e-mail]