Fellowships & Prizes

Fellowships

A minimum of 40 fellowships from the WMS Education Fund (funded by an annual royalty from Neuromuscular Disorders from Elsevier).

Additional Fellowships from other funding sources.

The program committee selects the recipients on the quality of the abstracts submitted and the analysis of a small submitted CV (including the special interest and expertise, details of current post, and the importance of the work to be presented). Applicants should be in training and not yet in a definitive established post. Those who wish to be considered for fellowship should indicate so and provide the necessary information as requested at the time of abstract submission on the online abstract submission page.

Prizes

• Four Elsevier Prizes (500 Euros each) for the four best oral or poster presentations by young scientists (clinical or basic).
• A series of 17 additional Elsevier Awards of one year´s membership subscription to the WMS for the runners up to the Elsevier Prizes.
• The President´s Prize (500 euros) for the Young Myologist of the Year, funded from the President´s Fund from proceeds of his memoirs (Ramblings of a Peripatetic Paediatrician).
• Additional President´s Prize (500 euros) for the best presentation by a young first time presenter. Those who wish to be a candidate for this award should indicate that you are a first time presenter at online abstract submission page.
• Lea Rose Prize: This annual award of 500 euros is to the presenter of the most important contribution in SMA research at the WMS congress.

The Duchenne Research Fund for the best presentation by a young myologist on therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Senior Fellowships

The President has also decided to sponsor two (or more) additional annual fellowships (500 euros) from the President's Fund for senior myologists, who have been active in WMS in the past but are now retired and have constraints on their available funds. Applicants should provide a short review (up to 250 words) of their activities in the neuromuscular field and their contributions to WMS. Application should be sent through online no later than March 31, 2012.