Hans Anderl Award
Hans ANDERL, founding member and former President of EURAPS donated a large sum of money to the European Association of Plastic Surgeons, through EURAPS Austria. This will allow EURAPS to attribute the annual Hans Anderl Award of around 4,000 euro, from 2005 onwards.
The Award is exclusively aimed at those European countries which are represented in EURAPS.
Aims of the Award
Promotion of excellence in the field of Plastic Surgery in Europe
Recognition of outstanding (pioneer) achievements in the field of Plastic-Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
Conditions for Competing
Candidates must be active members of EURAPS or must have presented at least one paper at a EURAPS Meeting and be sponsored by two EURAPS members, one from his/her own country and one from another country.(Letters of recommendation can be sent by e-mail or regular mail.) There is no age limit.
Candidates must submit to the EURAPS Secretariat – in six fold – their CV together with all their peer reviewed (first author) papers, written in English and published in the five years (January 1st till December 31st) prior to year of the upcoming EURAPS Meeting, before 31st December each year. At least one paper has to be published in the year before this meeting.
Papers accepted for publication need to be accompanied by a letter of acceptance from the editor.
If a paper is produced by an author and (several) co-authors, the prize may be shared among them, with the author receiving at least 20% more than the others. The heads of institutes or clinics will not be given a share.
If two papers are evaluated as equally good, the prize must be shared by the authors.
If no commendable papers are submitted, the Board can decide that the prize will not be awarded that year and that the money remains in the Foundation.
Executive Board
The Executive Board consists of the Managing Directors and the Board of Curators, who are responsible for the selection of the winning candidates of the Hans Anderl Award.
Managing Directors
- The Secretary General and the Treasurer of EURAPS together with the director of EURAPS Austria are the Managing Directors during their periods of office.
- The Managing Directors send the papers to the Board of Curators.
Board of Curators
Its task is to nominate the prize winner(s).
a) Members: five EURAPS Members, four from different European countries and one from Austria.
b) The members of the board are appointed for a two-year period and cannot serve more than two consecutive terms
c) Election: a recommendation is made by the Executive Committee of EURAPS and affirmed by its National Representatives
d) Election of the Chair: the Chair is elected by secret ballot among the five Members every two years
e) Task of the Chair: the Chair is in charge of the nomination of the prize winner, and conveys the decision to the Secretary General and then to the President of EURAPS, who awards the prize at the next Annual Meeting of EURAPS.
