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Application for Ole-Jørgen Skog Award

The Kettil Bruun Society is an international and multidisciplinary society, aiming to promote social and epidemiological research which fosters comparative understanding of the social aspects of alcohol problems in different countries and across different sub-populations.

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 and two years' membership of the Kettil Bruun Society.

The best paper presented by an early career scientist (no more than five years in alcohol research) will be selected by a scientific committee, based on its contribution to advancing knowledge in alcohol research and on its theoretical and methodological quality.

The winner will be announced and the award presented at the symposium dinner on Thursday night.

Eligibility

Applicants who:

• are students studying for their Masters or doctoral degree or are early career scientists who have obtained their doctoral degree within the last two years (no earlier than May 2008).
• are presenting a paper as a first author.

Application

Applicants must send their full conference paper before May 1^st 2010, along with a covering letter stating how long they have been engaged in social and/or epidemiological research on alcohol and the year they obtained their PhD, where applicable, to Mats Ramstedt (email).
Download the application form (.doc file).
Further information can be found on the KBS website.