The ERAB e-Newsletter – Issue 11

Applications received in 2013

The deadline for applications for 2013 closed on Monday 7th April. This year ERAB has again received a large number of applications – a record 56  – the highest number received to date.

This year applications have been received from 13 European countries. As usual many of them came from the UK and Italy but we aso had 10 from The Netherlands, 6 from Spain, 5 from Sweden and 4 from Portugal and for the first time we have received an application from Georgia.

The split between biomedical and psychosocial subjects was 39 / 17.

As before the majority of applicants had heard about ERAB funding from a colleague or via ERAB either as a past applicant, the website, the newsletter or an acknowledgement in a published paper.

The applications will now be independently peer reviewed before a decision is made on which can be funded. The process takes several months to complete and the decisions will be made in the autumn, in time for contracts to be signed and the projects commenced early in the new year.

ERAB 10th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award

ERAB is pleased to announce the addition of another new and prestigious award to mark its tenth anniversary.

This award will be granted to an exceptional researcher who has achieved excellence in the field of alcohol research after many years work in the field.

It will be presented at the 37th International Medical Advisory Group (IMAG) Conference which will take place in Amsterdam on 13th and 14th October 2014 where the recipient will be asked to make the keynote address.

The award will be for €20,000.

Eligibility: Researchers eligible to receive the ERAB 10th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award will have:

•     had a successful and distinguished career in the field of alcohol research;
•     added significantly to the body of knowledge pertaining to alcohol and its effect on health and or society; and
•     worked in Europe for the majority of their career.

Nominations: Nominations will be welcomed from all parties. Please ensure that the nominee has given their permission to be nominated.

Please send details of the person to be nominated with a brief summary of their achievements to Professor Philippe De Witte – dewitte@uclouvain.be by 31st December 2013.

Notes: Members of the ERAB Advisory Board or the Board of Directors, past and present, are not eligible for this award.