Merck Millipore India Innnovation Award 2012 in Life Sciences
India Innovation Award is a Indian scientific award that celebrates, encourages and inspires innovation in Indian scientific community working in government funded or not-for-profit research institutes in India. The awards are given to recognize individuals or groups who have innovated for the benefit of the society and have patented or published in reputed journal. The purpose of the award is to encourage innovation that will have a positive impact on the future of innovation in the scientific community. Unlike other Awards this award focuses mainly on innnovation in lifescience sector.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Web application opens for uploading: 26.9.2011
Web application closes for uploading: 15.1.2012
Announcement of Ten finalists: April, 2012
Announcement of Three winners: June/July 2012
Winner Felicitation Programme: 3rd Quarter 2012
PRIZE AMOUNT: The award will be granted every year with the first award being made in mid-2012 as long as MERCK MLLIPORE publicly announces a continuation
Award wil be accompanied by a payment in following categories:
Ist award: 3000000 INR
IInd Award: 2000000 INR
IIIrd award: 1000000 INR
This amount will be revised when need arises by the MERCK MILLIPORE Award Committee. The recipient will also receive a certificate, recognition in the MERCK MILLIPORE award newsletter and will be featured on MERCK MILLIPORE’s Award website. The recipient shall have the responsibility and obligation to pay income tax on the awarded amount if applicable. The recipient will be [provided one night stay and return economy class air ticket (for one person) from their location to the city hosting the award function.
ELIGIBILITY:
1. Any Indian or foreign nationals working in government funded or not-for-profit research institutes in India.
2. The Patent has been granted or paper published in reputed scientific journals between 1st January, 2011 to 31st December 2011.
3. The patent/publication covers the field of Innovation in the areas of Life Science i.e. Green Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical and Bioanalytics, Proteomics, Genomics, Drug Discovery and Delivery, Biomanufacturing, Biomarkers and Synthetic Biology.
4. The list of reputed scientific journals for publication section are: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Cell, Chemistry & Biology, International Journal of Biological Science, International Journal of Life Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Genetics, Journal of Molecular Biology, Life Science, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, Molecular Cell, Nano Letters, Nature Journals, Proceedings of National Academy of Science and Science.
5. The patent/publication should be either a new product or process. It should contribute towards improving the quality of life and help in employment generation and achieve economical transformation among others.
6. The general criteria applied in selecting the patent/publication would depend upon the impact level, creativity, outreach & sustainability.
7. Merck employees & SAB member’s direct relatives are not eligible for the award.
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