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Description of ICMART Annual Awards

 

There are three types of Awards granted every year by ICMART:

1. ICMART Science Award

The ICMART Science Award in Acupuncture and Related Techniques is the main award of ICMART, which will be presented at each ICMART Congress. It recognizes an outstanding scientific contribution in the field of acupuncture, TCM and related techniques. Submission requires innovative and excellent scientific projects either in basic research or in clinical research.

The ICMART Science Award is valued at 1.000 Euro. ICMART will cover travel costs of up to 500 Euro and the congress fee will be free.

Instructions:

To qualify for this award, please submit one scientific manuscript either published or accepted for publication in an indexed peer-reviewed journal during the previous two years. The manuscript should be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae of the nominated authors and a one-page statement in plain English for the general audience describing why this scientific work should be awarded. The award-winning manuscript will be selected by an independent committee composed of members of the ICMART Scientific Chapter upon the following criteria:

a) innovation

b) level of relevance

c) scientific rigor

The ICMART Science Award  will be delivered during the upcoming ICMART Congress.
 
Applicants do not have to register for the congress. Preconditions for payment of the award are attendance of the awardee during the award ceremony and an oral presentation of the research project in one of the congress sessions. 
 
The non-winners have to pay the registration fee if they want to attend the congress and their abstracts submitted can be considered for oral or poster presentations at the ICMART Congress.

2. Young Scientists Awards

 
The Young Scientists Award aims to encourage young and promising researchers on whom progress in the field of acupuncture, TCM and related techniques relies on. It rewards four scientific projects addressing any topic related to acupuncture, TCM or related techniques – be it etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment of symptoms or diseases. All submitted abstracts compete for a limited number of 4 Grants.
 
Each of the four Young Scientists Awards is worth 500 Euro and free congress registration.
 
Preconditions for payment of the award are attendance of the awardee during the award ceremony and an oral presentation of the research project in one of the congress sessions. 
 
Instructions:
Physicians, scientists, medical students and other healthcare providers currently in residency or fellowship programs can apply. Candidates should submit an abstract summarising their research project. 
 
In addition, applicants are required to upload a brief curriculum vitae of the authors and a statement in English meant for the general audience and describing why this scientific contribution should be awarded.
 

The awardee will be selected by an independent committee the ICMART Scientific Award Committee and will be assessed by the following criteria:

a) innovation

b) level of clinical and/or scientific relevance

c) scientific rigor and contribution of the applicant to the research project.

The ICMART Young Scientists Award  will be delivered during the upcoming ICMART Congress.

Applicants should register for the congress. Winners will receive back the registration fee .
 
Abstracts submitted but not accepted for the Young Scientists Award will be considered for oral or poster presentations at the ICMART Congress
 

Each of the four Young Scientists Awards is valued at 500 Euro. In addition, the awardees have free congress admission.

3. Poster Awards

All posters accepted for presentation by the scientific committee of the congress will take part in the competition. Poster awards will be presented during the Poster Session, when awardees will be asked to give a presentation of their paper. 
 
In case of absence of the awardee, their award will not be delivered.
Each of the poster awards is worth 250 Euro. The award will be delivered to the author presenting the poster at the congress. 
 
Preconditions for payment of the award is attendance of the awardee during the award ceremony.
 
To qualify for this award, participants have to register for the congress and pay the registration fee – at least one of the authors of the poster. 
 
An independent jury will evaluate all poster presentations according to the following criteria:
 
a) Scientific excellence (all fields of research)
 
b) Innovation
 
c) Clarity of presentation (visualization, structural logic)
 
d) Understandability