Hans Genet Award - Regulations and Instructions

The European Society of Endodontology (ESE) in co-operation with The Netherlands Society for Endodontology and The Hans Genet Foundation is offering a biennial prize, to be administered and awarded for the encouragement of endodontic teaching and research in Europe by a young research worker and/or teacher. The regulations governing the award of the prize are:

1. The award shall be known as the Hans Genet Award.
   The prize is named after Hans Genet, who passed-away in 1989 at the young age of 45 years. In The Netherlands and internationally he was a respected and liked colleague. With a combination of dedication, conviction, and love for his profession he applied himself in furthering teaching in the field of endodontics to such a degree that the standard achieved enabled students and colleagues to treat their own patients with knowledge, skill  and enthusiasm. As a result, he provided the stimulus for the establishment of the Netherlands Society for Endodontology, and was loved at universities within The Netherlands and within the European Society for Endodontology for his directness and warm personality.
   The value of this award is a cash sum of EURO 2000 and a Certificate.
   
   
2. The Hans Genet Foundation reserves the right to withhold the award of the prize if candidates are of insufficient merit.
   
   
3. The Prize shall be awarded to a person who has made a major contribution to Endodontology in Europe. This contribution could include high quality research, teaching at a dental school or through continuing education to dentists, or by being active in organizing endodontic society meetings and congresses.
   
   
4. A candidate must still be active in the field of endodontics and preferably should not have passed the age of 40 years. Candidates may be put forward by any member of a Full Member Society of the European Society of Endodontology. All candidates should be active in a country represented in the European Society of Endodontology. No individuals may win the prize more than once.
   
   
5. The prize shall be awarded by a representative of the Hans Genet Foundation on the recommendation of a panel of three examiners appointed biennially by the Hans Genet Foundation for this purpose. The examiners appointed to nominate the award winner will take into account the contribution of the candidate to the field of Endodontology
6. The award may be sponsored by commercial companies.
   
   
7. Candidates may be put forward by sending a letter of recommendation together with a detailed description of the candidate’s merits within the field of Endodontology by 1st June 2011:

Professor Paul R. Wesselink
Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)
Section of Cariology Endodontology Pedodontology
Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004,
1081 LA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel + 31 20 5908 443.
 e-mail: p.wesselink@acta.nl