PHA-Exchange> Young voices in research for health

[Claudio]

> The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are sponsoring their 
> second joint essay competition on the occasion of Forum 11, the 2007 
> annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research in Beijing, 
> People's Republic of China, 29 October to 2 November 2007.
>
> Entries relating to some aspect of the overall theme of Forum 11: 
> Equitable access, research challenges for health in developing countries 
> are invited from young professionals working in or interested in the broad 
> spectrum of health research for development.
>
> Deadline for submissions: 20 APRIL 2007
>
> Rules, guidelines, principles, timeframe and prizes
>
> .Essays should be no more than 1500 words long and should be written in 
> English.
> .Essays should be based on the author's own ideas and not be derived from 
> another source.
> .Essays should not have been previously published.
> .They should include original, even provocative ideas and not be technical 
> or academic texts: tables, charts, figures and references are probably not 
> necessary.
> .Authors are free to be idealistic, passionate, to take established 
> practices to task, albeit in a constructive fashion.
> .Entries are individual.
> .Each author may submit one essay only.
> .Authors should have been born on or after 1 January 1977.
> .The deadline for receipt of entries is 20 April 2007.
> .A shortlist will be announced by the end of June. Shortlisted authors 
> will be asked to provide a high quality photograph and to confirm original 
> authorship and date of birth.
> .The winners will be notified by the beginning of August 2007. The judges' 
> decision will be final.
> .A selection of shortlisted essays will be published in an anthology.
> .Winning essays will also be published on the Lancet website and their 
> authors invited to take part in Forum 11 with all expenses paid.
>
> Staff members of the Global Forum or of the Lancet or their immediate 
> families are ineligible to enter the competition, as are authors of 
> commended and winning entries from 2006.
>
>
> For more information and online submission, see our website:
> http://www.globalforumhealth.org/ShLinks/Essay07.php
>
> We would be grateful if you would circulate broadly the attached 
> announcement.
>