Application for Ole-Jørgen Skog Award

General information

• The purpose of the Ole-Jørgen Skog Award for Early Career Scientist is to recognize the excellence of the papers presented by early career scientists at the KBS Annual Symposium held each year in early June. The award is a cash prize of 250 Euros, two years membership of the Kettil Bruun Society, and a certificate..
• The deadline for applications is May 3^rd, 2021.
• The application form is avaiblable here. Please send your form together with your paper to the Chair of the Award Committee at  
• The best paper by an early career scientist will be selected by a scientific committee, based on its contribution to advancing the knowledge in alcohol research and on its theoretical and methodological quality.
• The winner will be announced during the Symposium in June, 2021.

Eligibility

To be considered for the award, applicants must:

• have submitted an abstract to the KBS conference 2021
• be students studying for their masters or doctoral degree (with no more than 5 years in alcohol research) OR early career scientists whose postgraduate degree was recently awarded (i.e., again with no more than 5 years in alcohol research) OR early career scientists without a postgraduate degree with less than 5 years in alcohol research;
• be the first author of the paper;
• provide a statement describing the contributions of each author on the front page of the paper;
• not have submitted the paper to a peer-review journal; and
• submit the paper and application form by the due date.

Evaluation criteria

Approximately equal weight will be given to each of the three criteria. Please note the descriptors under each heading.

1. Significance and innovation

• addresses an issue relevant to "social, epidemiological, and cross-cultural research on alcohol use"
• reports findings that contribute to the research discipline and/or will improve public policy, health promotion or clinical practice
• will probably result in an influential publication

2. Scientific merit

• the rationale for the study is well developed
• objectives are clearly defined and coherent
• methods are appropriate
• analyses are well executed
• results are interpreted appropriately

3. Quality of presentation

• paper is well structured and within the page limits (16, single-spaced including tables, figures and references)
• abstract accurately and succinctly describes the study in
• introduction covers the relevant literature and presents a rationale for the study
• tables and figures are clear and informative and do not overlap with the text
• discussion provides a brief summary of the main findings, a complete and balanced account of the limitations and strengths of the study, and a comparison with other relevant studies

A list of previous winners is available at: http://www.kettilbruun.org/ole-jorgen-skog-award/