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