New BPC award introduced to recognise analytical scientists
 Applications are now being accepted for a new British
Pharmaceutical Conference award, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has announced.
The BPC analytical science award, offered by the Joint Pharmaceutical
Analysis Group, has been introduced to encourage the advancement of pharmaceutical
analysis by recognising the contribution of emerging analytical scientists.
Open to scientists under the age of 35, the award will be a bursary of
up to £2,000 to enable the recipient to attend a relevant major
scientific meeting.
The award winner will be selected on the basis of the abstracts submitted
for JPAG’s conference session for the presentation of short papers
in pharmaceutical analysis.
The final award will be made to one candidate on the basis of the scientific
quality, originality or impact of the work presented, as well as the
overall delivery of the oral presentation.
JPAG secretary Geoffrey Phillips said: “This new award is open
to young scientists undertaking any branch of pharmaceutical analysis,
be it in industry, in hospital, in a regulatory or contract laboratory,
or in academic research. We are keen to hear from candidates who are
able to report an original, previously unpublished, development or application
and they are invited to submit the title and abstract of a short paper
for consideration by a peer review panel at BPC 2006.”
Abstracts in the correct format should be submitted to bpcscience@rpsgb.org by 9 April. Further instructions and guidance on submitting science abstracts
can be found on the conference website (www.bpc2006.org) or obtained
from Lisa Gilbert at the Sociey (e-mail science@rpsgb.org).
JPAG is jointly sponsored by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the
Royal Society of Chemistry. Membership is open to members of either society
and is free to members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. JPAG’s
remit is “to encourage, assist and extend the knowledge and study
of pharmaceutical analysis and quality control by the holding of scientific
meetings, the promotion of lectures, practical demonstrations and discussions.” Further
information is available from its website (www.jpag.org).
The 2006 British Pharmaceutical Conference takes place at the Manchester
International Convention Centre from 4 to 6 SeptemberBPC booking and
programme information is available from the conference website (www.bpc2006.org)
or from Angela Lyons at conference organiser Health Links (tel 0121 248
3399).
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