SSN Best Publication Award - General Rules
General Rules (adopted by the Council of the SSN on May 22nd 2002):
1. 
The SSN awards, every calendar year, a prize to a student-member (working towards a pre-doctoral degree or a doctoral degree) for a best publication.  The prize is given at the Annual meeting of the SSN. The amount of the Award is decided every year by the Council.
2.  Awarded are peer-reviewed articles, published (or accepted for publication) between December 1st of the previous year and November 30th of the year the application is submitted.  Only articles to which the applicant has contributed substantially will be considered.
3.  The applicant has to be member of the SSN and has to be first or last author on the article.   The application includes:
  • the article to be awarded
  • a short description of the significance of the work (max. one A4 page)
  • a curriculum-vitae
  • a letter of support from the main supervisor of the student describing his/her contribution to the article to be awarded.
Five hard copies AND one PDF File of the application should be sent to the President of the SSN.
4.  The deadline for application is December 5th for an article to be awarded at the following Annual meeting. However, applications are encouraged to be submitted as early as possible, for instance immediately following publication (or acceptance) of the article.
5.  A jury formed of at least 5 members of the SSN committee (including the president and vice-president) will revise the applications. The selection will be based on scientific and/or clinical excellence.  The decision of the jury cannot be appealed. All applicants will be informed in writing.
6.  The rules for application and the amount of award will be posted on the website of the SSN.
7.  Submission of a paper (article) to the "SSN Best Publication Award", even if nominated, does not exclude submission the same year of the same paper to the "Pfizer Prize".
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