April 29, 2016
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Supporting innovative biomedical research: the 2016 Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Awards
The Institut Pasteur's long-standing partner Sanofi is renewing its commitment in 2016 by organizing the Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Awards for the fifth year running. These annual awards are given in recognition of innovative research that has the potential to generate real progress in life sciences.
The "Senior" and "Mid-Career" awards are open to the international research community, while the two "Junior" prizes are awarded at national level. Candidates can be put forward by nomination.
Sanofi and the Institut Pasteur have been accepting nominations since April 15 in any one of the following four research fields:
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Tropical and neglected diseases,
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Immunology,
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Drug resistance,
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Neuroscience.
The deadline for nominations is June 14. Institut Pasteur scientists can be nominated.
The winners will be selected by an international panel of eminent scientists and will be presented with their awards at a ceremony at the Institut Pasteur on December 13, 2016.