The winner is selected by an independent expert committee chaired by Kai Simons (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany).
The award winner 2012 will receive
- a prize money of 15,000 Euro
- an invitation to the prize ceremony at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany, on 9 May 2012
- an invitation to visit Eppendorf AG in Hamburg, Germany
- coverage of his/her work by Nature in print and in a podcast
Full details on the Eppendorf Award, the selection criteria and past award winners can be found at www.eppendorf.com/award. Potential prize winners will find all relevant information for a successful application. Only online applications are accepted. The official online registration portal can be found at www.eppendorf.com/award/application.
The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators is presented in partnership with Nature.
Eppendorf UK, incorporating New Brunswick from 1st January 2011, is headquartered in Cambridge and a subsidiary of Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, Germany. With over 2,600 employees on four continents, Eppendorf AG is a leading global supplier of systems and research tools for the biotechnology industry. The company achieved a turnover of £422m (€484m) in 2010 and operating profits (EBIT) of £81.7m (€93.6m).
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