THE ISSLS PRIZE FOR LUMBAR SPINE RESEARCH
SPONSORED BY
DePuy SPINE™
a Johnson + Johnson Company
In order to encourage lumbar spine research, DePuy AcroMed will sponsor
three prizes of $15,000 US dollars each. Prizes will be awarded competitively
on the basis of scientific merit in one or more of the following three
areas:
- Clinical studies
- Bioengineering studies
- Studies in other basic science areas
Papers submitted for the contest must contain original material, not
previously published or submitted for publication. A multiple
authorship is acceptable. The manuscripts. in the English language,
should be in the form of a complete report, including original
illustrations (please note: marked with names); not exceeding 5
typewritten pages - references and tables can be added; double-spaced;
typed text should not be smaller than Times 12 points; and in a form
following the guidelines for online submission for the Journal SPINE.
Ethics committee approval is necessary for all animal studies as well as
controlled clinical studies. One copy ( with names and addresses) of
each paper in full - plus an abstract, including illustrations - must be
submitted to ISSLS - email to- Shirley.Fitzgerald@sunnybrook.ca
and one copy to SPINE - by the web through the editorial manager
(http://spine.editorialmanager.com not later that October 15, 2008. You
will find "ISSLS Prize" under "Article Type". Accordingly, articles
sent by fax will not be accepted. Do not forget to give complete
addresses with telephone number, fax number and e-mail address. Winners
will be informed in January, 2009.
One of the authors should be prepared, at his own expense, to come to
Miami, FL, USA, May 4-8, 2009 at the time of the meeting of The
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, to present the
paper and to receive the award.
Submitting a paper for the ISSLS Prize is not an automatic entry to the
abstracts for the upcoming annual ISSLS meeting. You must submit an
abstract to the ISSLS web site for their meeting.
Please direct all correspondence to -
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Room MG301
2075 Bayview Avenue,
Toronto, Canada M4N 3M5
Phone 416 480 4833
Faz 416 480 6055
Email - Shirley.Fitzgerald@sunnybrook.ca
Web site - www.issls.org
