The New Phytologist Tansley Medal is awarded annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution to research in plant science by an individual in the early stages of their career (student and post-doctoral researchers with up to five years’ experience since gaining/defending their PhD are eligible). The winner will receive a prize of £2000 (GBP) and will author a Minireview that will be published in New Phytologist, accompanied by a comment from the Editor-in-Chief and Tansley reviews Editor. The application deadline for this year’s Medal is *15 December 2013.
It’s incredibly important to nurture the next generation of plant scientists, and the Tansley Medal offers a great opportunity for an outstanding scientist in the early stages of his or her career to really make an impact. Please do spread the word to anyone you know who might be eligible. If you have any queries regarding the medal or the submission process please do not hesitate to get in touch. More details on the Medal can be found at: http://www.newphytologist.org/tansleymedal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr MICHAEL PANAGOPULOS Development Coordinator, New Phytologist New Phytologist Central Office, Bailrigg House, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YE, UK Tel: + 44 1524 592124 Fax: + 44 1524 594696 Email: m.panagopu...@lancaster.ac.uk Website: www.newphytologist.org Twitter: @NewPhyt Facebook: fb.com/NewPhytologist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2012 Impact factor 6.736 New Phytologist Symposia 2013–2014 32nd NPS: Plant interactions with other organisms 33rd NPS: Networks of power and influence 34th NPS: Systems biology and ecology of CAM plants http://www.newphytologist.org/symposia
