Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research: Bionorica Phytoneering Award 2017, Egon-Stahl-Award in Gold 2017, Egon-Stahl-Award in Silver 2017, 2017 Dr. Willmar Schwabe Research Scholarship for Young Scientists

Announcement of the Bionorica Phytoneering Award 2017

BIONORICA SE is globally one of the leading companies in the area of phytopharmaceuticals, producing plant based medicines with proven efficacy, safety and quality. BIONORICAʼs Headquarters are located in Neumarkt i. d. Opf. (Germany/Bavaria). The company is family-owned since nearly 80 years.

A significant focus of BIONORICAʼs work is concentrated on R&D activities with annual capital investments of about 15 % of the companyʼs turnover. Although the centre of all R&D activities is in Neumarkt, BIONORICA has established further research institutes in Innsbruck (Austria) and Hong Kong.

In addition, BIONORICA has built a scientific network with multiple renowned institutions, organizations and scientists worldwide.

The Bionorica Phytoneering Award acknowledges outstanding research in the field of development and application of herbal medicinal products.

The purpose of the award is to motivate primarily young scientists (normally younger than 45 years of age) to perform research in phytomedicine focusing on the following areas:

• generally any new discovery and innovative application related to phytomedicine

• pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of herbal medicinal products and their active principles

• clinical research in the areas of respiratory tract infections, inflammation, womenʼs health, pain, oncology and metabolic syndrome

• safety and pharmacovigilance studies

Scientists or research groups of universities and other non-commercial scientific institutions are entitled to apply.

The Bionorica Phytoneering Award 2017 will be granted during the 65th International Congress and Annual Meeting of GA in Basel, Switzerland, 3–7 September 2017. The award-winning scientific results will be presented during the congress in a lecture.

The Bionorica Phytoneering Award is endowed with 10 000 €.

Scientific publications on a specific topic which have been published during the last three years can be considered. They must be submitted along with an accompanying document explaining the significance and relevance of the submitted publications in the broader scientific context, a CV, and a list of publications.

All documents have to be submitted in electronic form (as e-mail attachments) to:

Prof. Dr. Matthias Hamburger
Pharmaceutical Biology Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of Basel
Klingelbergstrasse 50
CH-4056 Basel
Switzerland
e-mail: [e-mail]

Deadline for submissions is 28 February 2017.