The International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) is pleased to announce a call for nominations for Scientific and Service Awards.

Awards will be presented at the ICBM 2021 Congress https://www.delegate-reg.co.uk/icbm2021/

Eligibility criteria

Scientific awards. These awards recognize scientific merits and academic accomplishment relative to the stage of a scientific career. Within each stage individuals can be recognized for their scientific merits. Awards in this category are: Lifetime Achievement Award, Distinguished Scientist Award, and Outstanding New Investigator Award.
Service awards. These awards recognize excellence in achievements and contributions to the development of the field of behavioral medicine. There are separate awards for contributions at national or regional level, and contributions with regard to international collaboration. Awards in this category are: Distinguished Career Contribution Award, and Contributions to International Collaborations Award.

Scientific Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognizes substantial contributions to behavioral medicine over the whole of a career. Recipients are recognized for distinguished scholarly contributions to the science of behavioral medicine across a productive career.

Distinguished Scientist Award
This award recognizes distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to behavioral medicine. Recipients have made several outstanding contributions to the science of behavioral medicine.

Outstanding New Investigator Award
This award recognizes an outstanding contribution by a new investigator to the science of behavioral medicine. Recipients have made a specific, outstanding contribution to the science of behavioral medicine, and are more experienced than those who apply for the Early Career Award.

Service Awards

Distinguished Career Contribution Award
This award recognizes a distinguished career as a leader in the field of behavioral medicine. Recipients have made distinguished contributions at national or regional level to the development of behavioral medicine. Contributions can be to behavioral medicine as a clinical field or as a field in public health and health promotion; to teaching of behavioral medicine; or to mentoring in the field of behavioral medicine.

Contributions to International Collaborations Award
This award recognizes important contributions to facilitate international collaboration in the field of behavioral medicine. Recipients have made distinguished contributions to facilitate collaboration between ISBM member societies, or between ISBM and organizations outside ISBM.

Please submit name of the nominee, brief curriculum vitae (with contact information), and a brief statement of grounds for the nomination and your contact information to ISBM Secretary Maria (maria.kleinstaeuber@otago.ac.nz) no later than 1st May 2021.

The awards will be given during the opening ceremony on 7th June 2021, 12-2pm (UK time) at the ICBM 2021 Congress (https://www.delegate-reg.co.uk/icbm2021/programme).

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