Sven Brohult Award
To commemorate the outstanding contributions made by Dr Sven Brohult, IFS' first President, to the creation and development of the Foundation, the Third General Assembly in November 1981 at Chiang Mai, Thailand, established a "Sven Brohult Award" for outstanding work by a grantee.
The aim of the Sven Brohult Award is to recognize excellence in research and create a better scientific atmosphere in developing countries.
Each Award is in the cash amount of USD 10,000 and is given to an IFS grantee every three years.
Criteria
- The recipient shall be or have been a grantee of the International Foundation
for Science.
- The recipient shall have distinguished himself or herself by outstanding research carried out in a developing country.
Nomination and selection
Nominations for the Award can be submitted by IFS Affiliated Organisations, other national and international scientific societies, research institutions in developed and developing countries, Advisers of the International Foundation for Science and other scientists, and IFS Grantees. Self-nomination is not permitted.
Nominations shall be submitted to the Director of the International Foundation for Science.
At the IFS Secretariat, the nominations will be registered and then distributed to the relevant Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). The SACs will discuss the nominations within their Research Areas and submit a short-list to the Scientific and Grants Committee (SGC). From the shortlists the SGC will choose the Awardees for final approval by the Board of Trustees at its Annual Meeting.
The Sven Brohult Awardees
The 8th Sven Brohult Award was
given in 2007 to Dr Horacio Zagarese
of Argentina for his work in the area of aquatic
photobiology. Dr Zagarese received three IFS Research
Grants (1994, 1997 and 1999) and the IFS Jubilee
Award in 1999.
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The 7th Sven Brohult Award was given in 2004 to Professor
Enrique Galindo of Mexico for his work in the area of bioprocess
engineering. Prof Galindo received the first of three IFS Research Grants
in 1988 and has been a Scientific Adviser for IFS since 1996. He was presented
with the award at a ceremony at IAEA in Vienna.
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The 6th Sven Brohult Award was awarded to Professor Philippe Rasoanaivo
of Madagascar for his work on the endemic medicinal and aromatic plants used
by traditional healers in his country. He received the Award at a ceremony
held at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in Washington DC, November
2001.
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The 5th Sven Brohult Award was awarded to Dr José María
Gutiérrez of Costa Rica at the IFS Assembly in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil in 1997, for his research on the venom of Bothrops asper, which
is the major poisonous snake in Central America, causing necrosis, haemorrhage,
and local inflammatory responses in muscle tissues.
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The 4th Sven Brohult Award was awarded to Dr Lourdes Cruz of the Philippines in 1994 for research on the medical and biochemical applications of Conus spp.
The 3rd Sven Brohult Award was awarded to Dr Nteranya Sanginga of Democratic Republic of Congo in 1991 for research on nitrogen fixation by trees in agroforestry systems.
The 2nd Sven Brohult Award was awarded to Prof Bernabé Santelices of Chile in 1987 for research on the biology of the algae Gelidium rex, as well as the development of applied seaweed farming technology.
The 1st Sven Brohult Award was awarded to Prof Abdul Latif Ibrahim of Malaysia in 1984 for research on a vaccine against Newcastle disease.
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