Second Christiaan Eijkman Medal Announced

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9 Mar 2022

We are pleased to announce that we have received very strong nominations for this year’s Christiaan Eijkman medal for research in the field of Global Health, and a winner will be announced later in the year.

Second Medal

This year we are awarding two medals. For the second medal, we welcome nominations of non-Dutch scientists who have made an outstanding contribution to global health and who work closely with a Dutch university or institution.

The call is open until April 30 2022 and we encourage nominations of non-Dutch scientists who have carried out outstanding and highly influential research in the field of global health. Self-nominations are also possible.

How to nominate

Deadline: April 30th, 2022.

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