For the second time the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) announces the “BIH Excellence Award for Sex and Gender Aspects in Health Research”. The award aims to bring more visibility to sex and gender issues in translational research. It recognizes research excellence among scientists working in the field of biomedicine, who integrate sex and/or gender aspects into their research.
The award focuses on both the research impact of the applicant and their future research cooperation with a partner from the BIH translational research commons of BIH, Charité or Max Delbrück Center (MDC). In bringing the laureate’s expertise to Berlin, BIH aims to connect the award winner with their chosen collaborators in the BIH translational research commons. Thus developing a joint research project, which serves the BIH mission (see www.bihealth.org) and has a focus on sex and/or gender aspects in research.
The application deadline is June 30, 2019.
More info and applications here.
To be eligible for participation in this competition, applicants must:
- be a scientist in the field of biomedical research
- have made significant contributions to translational research with clinical relevance
- show that sex and/or gender are an integral aspect of the applicant’s research approach and design
- develop and provide a concise research program proposal for a joint research project with a partner from the translational research commons of BIH, Charité and Max Delbrück Center, that is of relevance to the BIH mission and has a focus on sex and/or gender aspects in research
Applications for the BIH Award must be submitted electronically via the BIH application portal at https://portal.bihealth.de/portal/.