The Young Investigator Award (Oetliker Prize) is supported by the Hans Oetliker Foundation (former Asher-Hess contest) and rewards outstanding young scientists in the field of physiology. The young investigator awards are presented at the Swiss Physiology Meeting.
Please note that special rules apply to be eligible for the Young Investigator Award!
- Only student members (postgraduate and under) of the section Physiology may participate in the contest
- Participants shall be employed in Switzerland
Application Guidelines
In the registration form you may indicate which format you prefer, poster or oral presentation. Due to organizational constraints, your presentation may be scheduled for a different format, but your wishes will be followed whenever possible.
Abstract Content:
- The abstract should be understandable for non-specialists.
- General physiological relevance of the work should be emphasized.
- Methods should be discussed only where required for understanding the work. .
Participants in the Young Investigator Award should register for the meeting prior to abstract submission.
Abstract Format:
The abstracts will be reduced for printing to allow printing of 4 abstracts per page.
Please, limit the TOTAL number of characters (Title + authors + affiliation + abstract text) to 2800 (including spaces).
Title, authors and affiliation field lenghts are limited to 255 characters each (including spaces). No special characters nor superscript/subscript are allowed.
If figures or tables are included, the entire abstract should fit within a rectangle 15 x 19 cm (W x H) in a Word document written with the Times New Roman font, size 12.
The abstract not fulfilling the above formatting criteria will not be considered for the competition.
Abstracts will not be published online.
Assessment:
- Each abstract will be read by the jury members which will attribute 0-10 points. Eight abstracts with the highest mean number of points will be selected for oral presentation.
- The number of points attributed for the abstract will count as 50 % for the final score
- The average mark based on the criteria for oral presentation (see below) brings another 50 % to the final score.
Presentation
Poster:
A 3 min blitz presentation (including discussion) will be given for the full audience (Power point). The posters can be visited during the lunch break.
Oral Presentation:
Duration: 10 min presentation + 5 min discussion
Criteria that will be taken in consideration by the jury:
- Quality of content
- Systematics of the presentation
- Clarity of expression
- Respect for time limits
- Communication skills with the audience
- Quality of slides / tables / graphs
- Quality of replies to questions
Prizes
1st prize Oral presentation: 1400.- as travel grant plus 1200.- for private use
2nd prize Oral presentation: 1400.- as travel grant plus 800.- for private use
3rd prize Oral presentation: 1400.- as travel grant plus 400.- for private use
1st prize for Poster: 1400.- as travel grant plus Fr. 600.- for private use
