Sponsor

RCVS Knowledge

Description

Walter Plowright was widely regarded as one of the world’s most eminent veterinary virologists and authorities on rinderpest, whose development of a tissue culture vaccine represented a key milestone in efforts to control the disease – one of only two infectious diseases that have been fully eradicated. This prize recognizes an individual whose work has had a significant impact on the control, management and eradication of infectious diseases of animals. For these purposes, the term ‘animal’ includes both domestic and free-living species – mammals, birds or fish.

Eligibility

Eligibility:

• The prize is open to any veterinary surgeon, veterinary nurse or research scientist working in Europe or the Commonwealth.
• The nominee may be working in practice, academia, a research institute/organization, industry, government or another relevant sector.
• The nominees future plans for the Prize money must provide evidence of how their work will increase or improve knowledge within the field of infectious diseases within animals as well as inspire the next generation of veterinary professionals and scientists to undertake vital research into infectious diseases within animals.
• Nominations are welcomed from; Veterinary Practices, Heads of University Departments or Faculties, from the Directors of Research Institutes and from Fellows of the Royal Society, members of other European Academies of Sciences, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Society of General Microbiology.
• Institutions and/or organizations are not eligible to receive the prize and self-nominations are not accepted.

The successful candidate will be a veterinary surgeon, veterinary nurse or research scientist at any stage in their career whose work demonstrates a contribution towards the control, management and eradication of infectious diseases of animals. The nominee's future plans for the Prize money must provide evidence of how their work will increase or improve knowledge within the field of infectious diseases within animals as well as inspire the next generation of veterinary professionals and scientists to undertake vital research into infectious diseases within animals.

Prize

The prize recipient will receive £100,000, to be used to support research or other improvement activity that contributes to the control, management and eradication of infectious diseases in animals.

How to Apply

Nomination forms can be found on the Plowright Prize website. Please submit the nomination form to ebvm@rcvsknowledge.org by the external deadline. Please also submit a copy of the full nomination and an OR-5 to research.services@uoguelph.ca.

For More Information

For more information, contact ailsakay@uoguelph.ca or ebvm@rcvsknowledge.org by email or by phone:+44 (0) 20 7202 0721. Further information about the application process for this award can be found on the RCVS Knowledge website.