Research Award: India Innovation Award (for advancement of research in the field of Life Sciences)
Eligibility: The Award may be granted to an individual or a small group contributing to the same innovative work. The Award will be made in recognition of a specific project / programme or body of work leading to a patented invention (represented by a patent application granted by the respective national authorities in at least India, the USA or Europe) or a paper published/accepted in a reputed scientific journal (as per the list available in the website). The recipients must be living and working with Indian government funded or not-for-profit research institute at the time of award.
Total no. of awards: 3
- 1st Award: 3,000,000 INR
- 2nd Award: 2,000,000 INR
- 3rd Award: 1,000,000 INR
- The Award Committee shall consist of seven members, all of whom shall be elected by MERCK MILLIPORE. Election shall be for a period of two years. A retiring member may be re-elected twice in succession. Thereafter, election for a maximum of one more two-year period may occur after three years. A member who has reached seventy years of age may not be re-elected. If a member retires prior to the expiry of his term of office, another person shall be elected for the remainder of the period.
- A General Secretary of the Award Committee shall be nominated by MERCK MILLIPORE.
- A quorum of the Award Committee shall exist when at least five (5) members are present. Voting shall be by open ballot.
- Every year in the month of October the Award Committee shall issue a public note to the persons who, under Article V, are entitled to make applications concerning the Award to submit their application and evidence in support of them, prior to the closing of the nomination period in December of the same year.
- During the process, the award Committee shall issue a first shortlist of the applicants by March 31st of the next year and a final Award nominee list by April 30th of the next year. Before the end of the month of May the Award Committee shall submit to MERCK MILLIPORE a report and final proposal concerning the Award of the year together with a short reason for the final proposal. The winner will be announced by June 30th.
- The discussions, opinions and proposals of the Award Committee concerning the award of the Award may not be published or otherwise disclosed.
- Remuneration for members and co-opted members of the Award Committee or for experts engaged by the Award Committee for specific purposes with the approval of MERCK MILLIPORE, shall be determined by MERCK MILLIPORE.
- The Award Committee will screen and evaluate all applications made according to these rules and shortlisted applicants will be invited to make personal presentations. Final winners will be announced at a Merck Millipore Annual Scientific Symposia that will be held around middle of every year.
- Winning nominee would be invited in the annual Merck Award Ceremony to collect the award on behalf of his group members. It would be the duty of the primary applicant to get a NOC as may be required from the other co-inventor/co-authors to participate and present the technical paper used for the application in the Award ceremony.
- The recipient of the Award will be provided one night stay and return economy class air ticket (for one person) from their location to the city hosting the Merck Award Ceremony.
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Last date: January 15, 2012
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