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 15
typewritten pages (3000 words) - 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 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 than SEPTEMBER 15 2009.
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 2010.
One of the authors should be prepared, at his own expense, to come to
Auckland, New Zealand, April 13-17, 2010 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 via the ISSLS web site.
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
