【7/9締切】The International Association for Radiation Researchより、Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scienti

• 2018年06月12日

一般社団法人日本放射線影響学会　会員各位

　The International Association for Radiation Researchより、Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scientist
Awardの候補者募集の案内がありました。詳しい情報については、以下に添付した案内を参照してください。日
本放射線影響学会からの推薦を希望される方は、以下の書類一式を平成30年7月9日までに賞等選考委員会委員長
宛にメールに添付して提出してください。なお、推薦候補者が複数の場合には、賞等選考委員会が選考の上、被
推薦者１名を選出します。

提出書類
・Curriculum vitae
・Bibliography
・A brief (e.g. 3-page) narrative describing the accomplishments of the nominee.
・Letters of support(up to a maximum of two)

日本放射線影響学会への書類の提出期限
平成30年7月9日（月）

＜問い合わせ先＞
一般社団法人日本放射線影響学会
賞等選考委員会委員長
児玉　靖司
kodama@riast.osakafu-u.ac.jp

ANNOUNCEMENT
Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scientist Award

The International Association for Radiation Research established in 1985 the Henry S. Kaplan Disting
uished Scientist Award. The purpose of the award is to honour outstanding contributions to the field
of radiation research. Any scientist who has made superior contributions to the field through inves
tigations in physics, chemistry, biology or medicine is eligible. Previous recipients of this award
were Professors Mortimer M. Elkind (1987), H. Rodney Withers (1991), Gerald Edward Adams (1995), Joh
n B. Little (1999), Eric J. Hall (2003), J. Martin Brown (2007), P. Richard Hill (2011) and O. Niwa
(2015).

The award is presented every four years at the International Congress of Radiation Research (which w
ill be held in Manchester, UK in 2019). A plenary session is designated for the award ceremony, incl
uding a lecture by the awardee, who receives a medal, a certificate and a cash prize. Nominations ma
y be submitted either by an individual or by a society. Each nomination should include a current cur
riculum vitae, bibliography and a brief (e.g. 3-page) narrative describing the accomplishments of th
e nominee. Additional letters of support, up to a maximum of two, may be included with the nominatio
n papers.

Nominations for the 2019 award are now invited, and should be submitted by 1st August 2018 to Profes
sor Penny Jeggo, Secretary-Treasurer IARR, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, BN19RQ (p.a.
jeggo@sussex.ac.uk). All nomination packages will be forwarded to the Selection Committee, comprisin
g Professors Mary-Helen Barcellos-Hoff, Yoshiya Shimada and Marco Durante. The recipient of the Kapl
an Award will be notified before the end of October 2018.