The Royal Academy of Medicine of Galicia has launched this Monday the call for three benchmark awards with which it will distinguish works of excellence in different fields of clinical practice and biomedical research.
According to the Royal Academy in a press release, these are the awards ‘Barrié Foundation – Pedro Barrié de la Maza’, ‘Oncology Center Foundation of Galicia – José Antonio Quiroga y Piñeyro’, and the ‘National Health Insurance Award (PSN)‘, endowed as a whole with more than 20,000 euros.
The ‘Barrié Foundation – Pedro Barrié de la Maza’ Award It will be awarded to the best work presented, with a free theme, relative to medical sciences of clinical application. Its concession implies for the winner his appointment as Corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Galicia, as well as an economic endowment of 10,000 euros.
The second of these awards, the ‘Galician Oncology Center Foundation – José Antonio Quiroga y Piñeyro’ Awardwill distinguish a free theme project from non-basic cancer research, which is of interest in the scientific, social and health fields. The winning work will receive 6,010 euros.
Finally, the ‘National Health Insurance (PSN)’ Award aims to contribute to making visible a work of excellence that turns on an aspect as relevant as “Humanity in Professional Practice”, which includes humanistic aspects of the medical profession, both from a scientific point of view and in clinical activity. It has an endowment of 4,500 euros.
The deadline for submitting the candidate works, which must be original, ends on November 30, 2022. They must be sent to the Secretary of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Galicia (C/ Durán Loriga, 10 – 15003 A Coruña).