BTC research award – Regulations 2024
The Belgian Thyroid Club (BTC) aims to acknowledge a clinical or basic investigator for his/her outstanding scientific contribution in the field of thyroidology or parathyroidology.
The research must have been carried out for more than half in Belgium.
The jury is composed of 7 members, representing the 7 Belgian universities: one member of each university represented in the board of the BTC, supplemented by one member of the universities not represented in the board and with a scientific interest in the thyroid and parathyroid. Board members with a conflict of interest will not participate in the evaluation and will be replaced by a colleague of the same university who is not involved in the scientific work of the candidate.
Current members of the BTC board cannot be nominated.
The laureate will give a 30 minute lecture in person during the BTC Winter symposium.
The laureate will receive a prize of €2000.
The jury has the right not to award the prize.
The electronic submission of the candidature should contain:
- a CV
- an overview of the scientific research and significance for the thyroid/parathyroid field (max. 1000 words, excluding references)
- a list of the candidate’s top 5 publications
Candidatures are sent to president@thyroidclub.org
Deadline for submission: 1 October 2024
Feedback to the applicant: 1 November 2024
BTC Winter symposium: 7 December 2024 (Woluwe)