Nomination Process
Applicants must still be actively involved in science. Officers and staff of the Hildegard Grunow Foundation or members of the jury are not eligible. Applicants may either submit the application themselves or be nominated by third parties. Nominations for the Rainer Gross Prize must be submitted in writing to:
Hildegard-Grunow-Foundation; Clemensstr. 27, D-80803 Munich, Germany
Alternatively, nominations may be submitted via the Submission form (max. 10 MB ). Safe receipt will be confirmed by e-mail or mail.
The deadline is extended to 1st July 2010!
All nominations and entries should be accompanied by a brief report in English of not more than one printed page, which includes and covers the following details:
a. The characteristics, merits, and contributions of the project proposed/carried out by the individual.
b. The methodology used for the development, financing and implementation of the nominated project.
c. The localities or communities benefited by the project.
d. General information on the nominated individual.
July 1, 2010 is the last date for receipt of application/nomination submissions. Only complete submissions, complying with the aforementioned guidelines (a-d) will be included in the judging.
The nominations will be forwarded to a jury panel consisting of two members for the board of HGF, and three internationally regarded professionals in the arena of the policy and scientific aspects of human and community nutrition. The procedure governing the granting of the Award will be based on the principles of attention to the dissemination of news, transparency, objectivity and non-discrimination as to race, religion, national origin or geographical residence of the applicants / nominees. The jury will announce its decision by June 30, 2010 on the basis of the highest scoring of submission, and the decision of the jury is final. The prize will be awarded in September 2010. The Prize Lecture will be held during the II World Congress of Public Health Nutrition in Porto, Portugal, and the travel costs and expenses of the awardee to present the Lecture will be covered by the HGF.
