Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for Practitioners in Medical Fields (100 million Yen Prize) 2019

Nominations for Third Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize 2019 is open. The Award aims to honour individuals with outstanding achievements in the fields of medical research and medical services to combat infectious and other diseases in Africa, thus contributing to the health and welfare of the African people and of all humankind.

Application Deadline: 31st July 2018

To Be Taken At (Country): The Laureates will be announced in 2019 and the award ceremony will be held during the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7).

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About the Award: The aim is to honor those who took over Dr. Noguchi’s spirit and made remarkable accomplishments in the field of medicine research and medical activities for Africa and to improve the health and welfare of people living in Africa and eventually human beings will do.

Categories: The Prize consists of two categories:

• Medical Research which honors individual(s)
• Medical Services which honors individual(s) and organization(s).

Scope

• Medical Research
  • Basic medical research
  • Clinical medical research
  • Research in all fields of life science closely related to medicine
• Medical Services
  • Field-level medical/public health activities to combat diseases and advance public health

Type: Award

Eligibility: 

• No distinction will be made based on the nationality, age or gender of the nominees, who are limited to people still living.
• Nominee eligibility for the two categories are as follows:
  • Medical Research
    • Nominations are in principle to be for one individual. In the case of joint research, however, a maximum of three individuals will be considered.
  • Medical Services
    • In the case of nominating an organization, nominations are limited to one currently active organization.
    • Nominations are in principle to be one individual or one organization per activity. Under exceptional circumstances, however, when more than one individual or organization work as a team, a maximum of three individuals or organizations will be considered.

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: The Prize consists of a citation, a medal and 100 million yen (equivalent to about one million US dollars).

How to Apply: 

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• For medical research nominations, please use the JSPS electronic application system. (If not possible, please put your nomination in MS WORD or PDF format and email it to the below address.)
• For medical services nominations, please put your nomination in MS WORD or PDF format and email it to the below address.
• If necessary, nominations may be submitted by postal mail.

It is necessary to go through the Application process on the Program Webpage (see Link below) before applying.

Visit the Program Webpage for Details

Award Providers: Hideyo Noguchi Foundation.