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KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting Abstracts and Awards
Call for Abstracts - Submission deadline: 20 January 2023
On behalf of the Scientific Committee, we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the Scientific Spring Meeting 2023. The abstract will be judged according to the abstract submission guidelines. Please read carefully before writing your abstract. Abstracts can be submitted by choosing one of the following categories:
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Clinical Microbiology
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Ecology & Environmental Microbiology
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General & Molecular Microbiology
Submission deadline is Friday 20 January 2023 at 23:59 hrs.
Click HERE for detailed submission guidelines and instructions for authors.
Submit your abstract HERE.
Award procedures - Submission deadline: 18 December 2022
Kiem Award
The KNVM/NVMM science committee makes the Kiem Awards available for the best first publications written by young microbiologists, whom are society members and are at the start of their microbiology career. Submissions are evaluated based on the quality of the candidate’s first publication, on condition that it has been published less than a year ago, in an internationally renowned academic journal and that the candidate is the first author. The prizes, which were first awarded in 2000, are named Kiem, which is Dutch for ‘germ’ (germination). Every year during the KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting up to three prizes are awarded, one each in the categories “general microbiology”, “medical microbiology”, or “microbial ecology”. The jury consists of members of the KNVM/NVMM science committee.
You can mail your submission to secretariaat@nvmm.nl
Mike Jetten Award (Master thesis prize)
The KNVM will award three prizes for the best master theses in the field of microbiology in the broadest sense. The candidates, students from Dutch universities, are encouraged to submit their master thesis with a short recommendation from their supervisor. The three prizes of 500 Euro each, are awarded during the KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting. The jury consists of members of the KNVM board.
Please send your submission to: secretariaat@knvm.org
Westerdijk Award (proefschrift prijs)
The KNVM/NVMM science committee awards up to three prizes for the best PhD-thesis, one each in the categories “general microbiology”, “medical microbiology”, or “microbial ecology”. Candidates, whom are society members, should submit their PhD-thesis on condition that it was defended less than a year ago. The prizes, which were first awarded in 2009, are named after Johanna Westerdijk. She was appointed professor at the University of Utrecht in 1917 and was the first female professor in the Netherlands. She was director of the phytopathology laboratory Willie Commelin Scholten and showed that the elm disease (generally known as dutch elm disease) was caused by the fungus Ceratocystis ulmi. The prizes are annualy awarded during the KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting. The jury consists of members of the KNVM/NVMM science committee. Please send a digital copy of your thesis to secretariaat@nvmm.nl or send four printed copies of your thesis to:
NVMM
P.O. Box 21020
8900 JA Leeuwarden
The Netherlands
Van Leeuwenhoek Award (postdoc prijs)
The KNVM/NVMM science committee offers the Van Leeuwenhoek Awards to young post-docs in microbiology (<5 years after obtaining a PhD degree) for the best publication as first, last and/or corresponding author published in the past year. The Van Leeuwenhoek Awards are established to commemorate Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, known for his pioneering work in microscopy, who was the first to observe microorganisms and therefore became the ‘father of microbiology’. The prizes are annually awarded at the KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting. The Jury consists of members of the KNVM/NVMM science committee.
You can mail your submission to secretariaat@nvmm.nl
PhD Thesis Fund
The KNVM/NVMM science committee provides financial support for publishing PhD-theses in the field of microbiology. Funding was initiated in 2009, and followed the “first come, first serve” principle, with every year, up to 10 awards. Due to the high number of submissions is the support now available for all submitted thesis for an award of € 250. Click here for the conditions.
Submissions can be sent to secretariaat@nvmm.nl