Call for Nominations - Deadline: February 29th, 2020

We are pleased to announce the Fifth ISVR Early Career Investigator Award. The purpose of this award is to ...

Call for Nominations – Deadline: February 29th, 2020

We are pleased to announce the Fifth ISVR Early Career Investigator Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize and acknowledge outstanding contributions by early career scientists whose research relates to virtual rehabilitation. The recipient will be awarded a certificate and a free registration¹ to the 13th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies to be held from September 9th to 11th 2020 in Serpa (Portugal). In addition, the awardee may be asked to present their research as a platform presentation at that conference. A runner-up will also be awarded a certificate.

Eligibility criteria

Have completed doctoral level studies up to 8 years prior to nomination.
Carries out an active research program in one or more applications of virtual reality for rehabilitation
Have not previously received an ISVR Early Career Investigator Award

Evaluation criteria

Number and quality of publications
Type and amount of research community service (committees, panels, reviewing, etc.)
Type and amount of public outreach activities, including knowledge translation activities
Evidence of clinical impact: teaching, standards setting, technology transfer
Relevance of research to applications of virtual reality for rehabilitation

Individuals may be nominated by an ISVR member or be self-nominated.

A full application must include the following:

Short biography (maximum 500 words)
Full CV
Description of key research innovation and impact on the field of virtual rehabilitation (maximum 2 pages)

Application materials must be emailed to awards@isvr.org, before the deadline of February 29th, 2020, 5PM EST.

All procedures related to the award will be handled by the Chairs of the ISVR Awards Committee who will set the deadlines for nominations and selection mechanism.

Thank you!
The ISVR Board of Directors

¹ Or a compensatory monetary award of the registration cost in case the awardee is unable to attend the conference

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ISVR Early Career Investigator Award 2020 – Call for Nominations