GenProbio Ltd. through SIMGBM intends to award the best paper(s) or doctoral dissertation on the theme: “Microbiota: microbial and functional biodiversity analyses aimed at understanding microorganism-host and microorganism-microorganism interactions” to be awarded to a young SIMGBM member engaged in research who is under 35 years of age on the date of the call. The work or doctoral dissertation must be published or discussed after January 1, 2020. Each applicant may submit a maximum of 3 papers or thesis. No papers or theses that have won previous SIMGBM awards may be submitted. Applications must be received by the Society’s secretariat via email at simgbmsegreteria@gmail.com by April 16, 2023 accompanied by:
A) PDF file named “GenProbio2023-Surname_Name-Application” containing:
1) application bearing personal details, address, telephone and email address;
2) explicit statement of having obtained the consent of the “corresponding author”;
3) statement of membership in the Society with dues payment status in good standing (2023 included) or submission of the application by junior members only with simultaneous payment of the annual fee;
4) Brief Curriculum Vitae.

B) PDF file named “GenProbio2023-Surname_Name-Work or Thesis” containing a copy of the scientific work(s) or doctoral thesis. If the file is too large, it is possible to send it via the web (Wetransfer, Google or other). However, please specify this.

The prize of € 1,000 will be awarded upon the unquestionable judgment of a committee specially appointed by the Society and will be presented as part of the SIMGBM Congress – Microbiology 2023, to be held in Cagliari, Italy, from September 21-24, 2023. The winner is expected to attend the event and at that event he/she will be required to publicly present the awarded work.

The winner will be notified in writing by July 3, 2023, and the results will be posted on www.simgbm.it. The Selection Boards reserve the right to change t the evaluation area based on the relevance of the thesis to the theme of the call.