GenProbio Ltd. through SIMGBM intends to award the best paper(s) or doctoral thesis on the topic:
“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 announcement. Papers or doctoral dissertations must be published or discussed after January 1, 2021. 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 March 20, 2024 accompanied by:

A) PDF file titled “GenProbio2024-Surname_Name-Application” containing:
1) Application bearing personal details, address, telephone and e-mail 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 (2024 included) or submission of the application by junior members only with simultaneous payment of annual dues;
4) Brief Curriculum Vitae.

B) PDF file named “GenProbio2024-Surname_Name-Work or Thesis” containing a copy of the scientific work(s) or doctoral thesis. If the file is too large, if the file should be too heavy, it is possible to send it via the web (Wetransfer, Google or other). However, please specify this.

The prize of €1,500 will be awarded upon the unquestionable judgment of a committee specially appointed by the Society and will be presented as part of the upcoming Cortona Procarioti Conference to be held in Cortona from June 27 to 29, 2024. The winner is required to attend the event and at that event he or she must publicly present the awarded work.

The winner will be notified in writing by June 1, 2024, and the results will be posted on www.simgbm.it. The Selection Boards reserve the right to change the evaluation area based on the relevance of the thesis to the theme of the call.