Guidelines For P.C. Mary - Tanker Foundation Young Investigator Award Any member of the Southern Chapter of Nephrology who was has not completed 40 years of age on 15th December 2003 is eligible and should be the Principal Investigator and he or she can compete for the award provided the member is a. D.M./Dip. N.B.(Nephro) degree holder (or) b. Bonafide D.M/Dip. N.B.(Nephro) PGs (or) c. M.D. (Medicine) or M.D. (Pediatrics) with 5 years of Nephrology experience Only INVESTIGATIVE WORK in the field of Nephrology will be considered for the award. The work should be original and novel and not a repetition or extension of work already done. The work should be the original work of the Principal investigator and not that of any other person. The work should have been completely executed in India. Part or whole of the work should not have been presented in any forum or published anywhere else before it is presented at Southern Chapter meet. A write up of the completed work, not exceeding 1500 words, (Excluding tables and figures) should reach before 31st December 2003. Any paper received after that date will not considered for the award. 4 copies of the paper should be sent (and one copy by email). A detachable first page should contain the names of the Principal Investigator and the Co-investigators and the Institution. It should also contain the Date of Birth of the Principal Investigator. This sheet will be detached before submitting the article for scrutiny. The rest of the paper should not contain any information regarding the Institution or place of work. Any paper containing such references will be disqualified. A three member panel will independently evaluate all the papers received and select the best 3 papers which will presented at a separate session in the 2004 conference of our society. The Principal Investigator will be given 12 minutes for presentation followed by a discussion for 12 minutes. The remaining papers will be considered for the General session. Another panel of Judges will evaluate the oral presentations and decide the best paper among the three presented. The prize money of Rs 10,000/- will be presented to the Principal Investigator of the best paper. The Co-Investigators of the best will be given Certificate of Merit for their contribution. There should be a certificate by the Head of the department and the Head of Institution that the work is original and was done by the Principal investigator Papers may be send to Dr. Ramdas Pisharody Secretary, SCISN BN- 82, Geetham, Microwave Lane, Bapuji Nagar Pongumoodu, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 011 Email: scisn@rediffmail.com Phone: 0471 2551842 Fax: 0471 2452613.