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Sigerist Prize for the History of Medicine and Science 2014&#160;The Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Science invites applications for the&#160;Henry-E.-Sigerist-Prize for the promotion of young scholars in the history of medicine and science.&#160;Deadline for application: March 31st 2014&#160;The prize was founded in 1967 by Mr. and Mss. Guggenheim-Schnurr from Basel in order to award outstanding young scholars in the field of history of medicine and science.Applicants should submit studies completed within the last two years, i.e.&#160;- articles published in journals- dissertations- printed books- works of another kind which have been selected by the jury or proposed to it.&#160;The texts must be written either in German, French, Italian or English and related to Switzerland by content, authorship, institution or topic. Work which has previously been awarded a prize is not eligible. Authors should not be older than 36 years of age. Dissertations and books have to be accompanied by a summary of no more than five pages. The detailed regulations can be found at www.sggmn.ch/sigerist-preis-e.html.&#160;The prize amounts to CHF 2000.- (approx. EUR 1300)&#160;Applications (in electronic form or in two paper copies, including a short CV) and enquiries should be sent to the president of the jury:&#160;&#160;Dr Philip RiederInstitut éthique histoire humanitésCentre Médical UniversitaireCase postale1211 Genève 4Tél: 021 379 46 03Philip.rieder@unige.ch&#160;