!!Call for nominations for the Beijerinck Prizes for Virology 2021

__[The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences|https://knaw.nl/en] (KNAW) awards the M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize every two years and the Beijerinck Premium annually.__
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__[The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences|https://knaw.nl/en] (KNAW) invites researchers and scientific institutions from all over the world to consider candidates for the M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize. This Prize goes to an internationally recognized virologist from any part of the world with groundbreaking contributions to virology. __

!Members of __Academia Europaea__ are also eligible to nominate candidates. 

!Nominations

The __M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize__ goes to an internationally recognized researcher who has made a groundbreaking contribution to virology, in the broadest sense of the word. The Prize, 35.000 euros and a medal, was established in 1965 in memory of virologist M.W. Beijerinck (1851-1931).
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Do you know someone in your own network or someone who works in __any part of the world__ who deserves this Prize? Nominate that person now!
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Nominations can be submitted up to and including __1 November 2020__ using the nomination form (doc) on the [Academy website|https://knaw.nl/en/awards/awards/beijerinck-prizes/beijerinck-virologie-prijs?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_2_2020_call_beijerinck_prize)].
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The __Beijerinck Premium,__ established in 2002, is awarded to a talented early career researcher working in the Netherlands on excellent virus-related research and in doing so is an example for other young virologists.
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Candidates for this Premium can only be nominated by nominators in the Netherlands. For more information about the Beijerinck Premium and how to nominate, visit this [Academy webpage|https://knaw.nl/en/awards/awards/beijerinck-prizes/beijerinck-premie?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_2_2020_call_beijerinck_prize)].

!More information

For more information about the regulations and procedures, please visit the [Academy website|https://knaw.nl/en/awards/awards/beijerinck-prizes/overzicht?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_2_2020_call_beijerinck_prize)]. You may also contact Jeffrey Muskiet, [wetenschapsfondsen@knaw.nl|mailto:wetenschapsfondsen@knaw.nl].