The IGES 2020 Scientific Program Committee is pleased to announced the 2020 Awards availability, including the James V. Neel Award, Roger Williams Award, the CIHR STAGE Poster Awards, and awards from the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health.
- The Roger Williams Award is presented to an outstanding oral presentation by a student enrolled in a bachelor, master or PhD program at the time of registration. The prize includes a check for $1000 and a certificate.
- The James V. Neel Award is presented to an outstanding oral presentation by a post-doctoral fellow within 5 years of PhD completion at the time of registration. The prize includes a check for $1000 and a certificate.
To be eligible for these awards, the student or post-doctoral researcher must be the first author of the abstract. All eligible outstanding abstracts selected for oral presentation by the Scientific Program Committee will be finalists for the Neel and Williams award. The winners of Neel and Williams award will be selected from among the finalists at the conference based on the quality of their oral presentation and the scientific content of the material presented.
CANSSI STAGE – Strategic Training for Advanced Genetic Epidemiology sponsored by the Canadian Statistical Science Institute, is pleased to sponsor the 2020 Poster Awards. There will be a total of three awards at $250, $200 and $150 and a certificate, for the best poster presentations by a trainee. A team of Young Investigators and Scientific Program committee members will review posters presented by trainees at IGES.To be eligible for these awards, abstracts must be accepted for the 2020 IGES Conference, July 1-4. The winners will be announced at the Business Meeting at the end of the conference.
