PHA-Exch> Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

[Claudio Schuftan]

 *Canada** Gairdner Global Health Award*

*Website:* http://www.gairdner.org/awards/nominati/thegaird

*Nominations for 2009 should be received no later than December 31, 2008*

The Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is directed at health issues
pertaining to developing countries. It recognizes those who have made major
scientific advances in any one of four areas:
- basic science,
- clinical science or
- population health or
- environmental health.

These advances must have, or have potential to make a significant impact on
health outcomes in the developing world. Nominations for leadership and
administration, however outstanding, do not fall within the parameters of
this award.*

*The long-term goal of this prize is to reward and stimulate members of the
global scientific and medical community to undertake research that will lead
to advances valuable to the health of nations.*

*The Global Health Award consists of $100,000 (CDN), a framed certificate
with appropriate citation and a specially designed sculpture.**

*Purpose and Conditions
*The purpose for the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is the recognition
of individual whose seminal scientific work constitutes a discovery or a
highly tangible achievement toward improving our knowledge of and
application to global health, and also to generate scientific momentum in
the field as well as augmenting public awareness.**

1.       The Prize will be valued at $100,000 each.

2.       The Prize is to be used by the recipient for personal use.

3.       A Global Health Advisory Committee will be responsible for
selecting a short list of candidates for presentation to the Medical
Advisory Board.

4.       The Board of Directors of the Gairdner Foundation will approve the
selection of the winner.

5.       Awards are made to residents of any country without restriction of
gender, race, religion, creed or nationality.

6.       The Prize may be presented either at the time of Canada Gairdner
International Awards in October or at a special event in Ottawa in the
spring.

7.       The first Prize will be given on October 29, 2009, on the occasion
of the Foundation's 50th Anniversary Awards Dinner in Toronto.

*Nominations*

1.     The Gairdner Foundation will invite those in the international
scientific health and medical community to nominate candidates for the
Canada Gairdner Global Health Award.

2.      Nomination letters should describe the key role of the nominee (s)
in relevant successful advances and should be accompanied by a full
curriculum vitae with a complete mailing address and at least two supporting
letters that detail a major discovery or sustained advance.

3.     The work of the nominee should be compared with that of others in the
field, together with clearly articulated reasons why this work distinguishes
the nominee's work from others in the same scientific topic.

4.     If two or three are nominated to share the Prize, the reasons why it
should be shared must be clearly delineated.

5.     A call for nominations will be published on The Gairdner Foundation
website and suitably advertised in appropriate scientific journals.

6.     Nominations will be held for up to 3 years, but must be updated
annually.

*Selection Process*

1.     The Gairdner Foundation President will form a Gairdner Foundation/
International Global Health Award Advisory Committee consisting of at least
five members.

2.     The Advisory Committee will reflect international composition in the
field of Global Health with a clear understanding of the basic clinical and
social science issues in global and population health.

3.     The President of The Gairdner Foundation will appoint the Chairman
and members of the Advisory Committee.

4.     The Advisory Committee will meet in person or via teleconference to
review all nominations and consult together as necessary, with an agenda and
attachments (if any) mailed for receipt by each no less than ten days in
advance.

5.     The Advisory Committee will normally select the recipient no later
than January of the year in which the award is to be made.

6.     The selection will be submitted to the Medical Advisory Board for
final selection and to The Gairdner Foundation Board of Directors for formal
approval no later than January 31st of the award year.

7.     All selections are final and not subject to review or challenge.

*Announcement*

1.     A formal announcement of the awardee will be made at least three
months prior to the annual Canada Gairdner Foundation awards presentation.

2.     The Gairdner Foundation will insure that a prime time slot is
allotted for prize presentation and a major lecture by the awardee.

3.     The lecture may be given as a keynote before a full Symposium as it
is anticipated that the Prize will be an incentive to have a state-of-the
art symposium on advances in global health studies.

4.     Logistics for presentation ceremony for Canada Gairdner Global Health
Award will be the responsibility of the Gairdner Foundation.

*Please submit in electronic format (MS Word or PDF) to
nominations at gairdner.org and follow up hard copy to:*

John H. Dirks, MD  President & Scientific Director The Gairdner Foundation
44 Charles Street West  Suite 4706 Toronto, ON M4Y 1R8 Phone: 416-596.9996
Fax: 416-596-9992  E-Mail: nominations at gairdner.org
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