THE P. B. DEWS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY
 FOR 2010
(Deadline for submission of nominations is September 15, 2009)

ASPET’s Division of Behavioral Pharmacology sponsors the P. B. Dews Award for Research in Behavioral Pharmacology to recognize outstanding lifetime achievements in research, teaching and professional service in the field of Behavioral Pharmacology and to honor Peter Dews for his seminal contributions to the development of behavioral pharmacology as a discipline. The biennial award is supported by an endowment made possible by contributions from Aventis, Centre de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Eli Lilly, Harvard University, International Life Sciences Institute Caffeine Committee, Merck (San Diego), Pepsi Cola Company, Pfizer Central Research and Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pharmacia, Wyeth Research, and ASPET members.

The Award consists of $750, a plaque, and partial travel expenses to the award ceremony at the ASPET annual meeting.  The recipient will be invited by the Chair of the Division of Behavioral Pharmacology to deliver a special lecture on this occasion.  The lecture will be published subsequently in an appropriate ASPET-sponsored publication 

There are no restrictions on nominees for this award.  Nominations may be made by members of ASPET or of any relevant scientific society.  Selection will be made by the P.B. Dews Award Committee, appointed by the President of ASPET with input from the Division for Behavioral Pharmacology.

Nominations shall be submitted electronically to jane.nelson@aspet.org and shall consist of:

1. Description of the candidate’s major contributions, including scientific, teaching and professional achievements.

2. Candidate’s curriculum vitae and bibliography.

3. List of the candidate’s trainees.

4. Brief biographical sketch of the candidate.

5. Five major publications (provided as PDFs or as hyperlinks to the article).  Submit each manuscript PDF as a separate attachment.

Receipt date for nominations for the P. B. Dews Award will be 5:00 pm on September 15, 2009 for an award to be presented at Experimental Biology ’10 in Anaheim, CA.