Announcement of the GfV prizes - Deadline 15.11.2022

The Society of Virology (GfV) awards the "LoefflerFrosch Prize" every year at the annual conference.

The prize is to be awarded to researchers who are members of Society of Virology , have not yet reached the age of 40 (childcare periods are taken into account in accordance with DFG regulations) and do not yet hold a lifetime professorship.
The evaluation should be based on one or more publications that have been published or accepted for publication within the last few years. An outstanding virological achievement should be honored.
University lecturers and department heads who are members of Society of Virology are eligible to nominate candidates. The work to be honored is selected at the fall meeting of the Executive Board and Advisory Board. The prize money is € 5,000

Applications, consisting of a curriculum vitae, list of publications and a letter of motivation (max. 2 pages), should be submitted by November 15 of the current year to:

Prof. Dr. med. Sandra Ciesek, MHBA
Director of the Institute of Medical Virology
Specialist in microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology
Specialist in internal medicine and gastroenterology

University Hospital Frankfurt
Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40
D-60590 Frankfurt

Email: GfV@kgu.de

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DOCTORAL PRIZE OF THE SOCIETY FOR VIROLOGY E.V. (GFV)

At its annual spring conference, Society of Virology awards the Bernhard and Ingrid Fleckenstein Foundation Doctoral Prize, which is endowed with € 5000.

The prize is to be awarded to a doctoral candidate who has completed an outstanding piece of work as part of a scientific or medical doctorate on a virological topic at a research institution in the German-speaking world, which has already been published or accepted for printing. Applications can be submitted by November 15 of the current year at the latest . At the time of application, the doctoral procedure should not yet have been formally completed. The prize was established by the Bernhard and Ingrid Fleckenstein Foundation.

The following documents in German or English are requested for the application:

(1) Cover letter with a brief outline of the scientific concept of the doctoral project.

(2) Curriculum vitae of the applicant in tabular form

(3) List of publications of the candidate

(4) Copy of one or more selected key publication(s)

(5) Statement by a university teacher, preferably the supervisor of the doctoral thesis

Please send the documents as a uniform PDF file to the secretary of Society of Virology:

Prof. Dr. med. Sandra Ciesek, MHBA
Director of the Institute of Medical Virology
Specialist in microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology
Specialist in internal medicine and gastroenterology

University Hospital Frankfurt
Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40
D-60590 Frankfurt

Email: GfV@kgu.de