Awards

Information about the Bertus Kemp Prize, Pauline van Wachem and A. van den Hooff award:

Every other year the SBBN, ‘Stichting ter Bevordering van Bindweefselonderzoek Nederland’, awards the Bertus Kemp prize for the best thesis in the field of connective tissue research. On behalf of the board of the SBBN we invite you and your colleagues to submit a thesis (to be) defended between 1^st Feb 2024 – 31^st Jan 2026.

The Bertus Kemp prize will be awarded during the Annual Meeting. The winner is kindly requested to present his or her work during the meeting.

To be eligible for the award, you need to

• Be member of the NVMB.
• Have participated to the NVMB Annual Meeting at least twice during your PhD.
• Send your one hard copy and one virtual copy of the thesis together with a list of most recent accepted papers to NVMB president (Janette Burgess; j.k.burgess@umcg.nl; University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, EA11, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands)).

The committee consists of the following members:

Bertus Kemp Prize winners since 2009:

2024 (over 2023-2024)  Margo Tuerlings

2022 (over 2020-2022) Michelle Teunissen

2020 (over 2018-2020) Frances Bach

2018 (over 2015-2018) Nils Bomer

2015 (over 2013-2014) Sander van Wijk

2013 (over 2011-2012) Gerwen Lammers

2011 (over 2009-2010) Sander Botter

2009 (over 2007-2008) Esmeralda Blaney Davidson

Van Wachem and Van den Hooff Award:

Besides the Bertus Kemp Prize the NVMB awards prizes to the best speaker (Pauline van Wachem award) and best discussion (A. van den Hooff award, since 2011) at the annual meetings.