AAVS Office would like to call for nominations for the Kei-ichiro Maeda Memorial T&C Award 2024. The award program was established to recognize excellent scientific achievements in the field of veterinary sciences.

The deadline for nomination is 19th April 2024.

Nomination Requirements

  1. Nominees must be young researchers or students (equal to or less than the age of 40) with excellent research potential from AAVS active Member Institutions.
  2. Candidates for the award must be nominated by the Dean or AAVS Representative of his/her Institution.
  3. The dean or AAVS Representative of the Institution who intends to recommend the award candidates should prepare the application form including the candidate’s name, affiliation, research subject, major research achievements (up to 10 publications), and brief biography, and submit the form with a letter of recommendation signed by the responsible person to AAVS Office (Dr. Takashi MATSUWAKI, secretary@aavs.jpn.org) by 19th April, 2024.
  4. The winners of the award must present his/ her work at the annual AAVS Meeting in 2024 (October in Daejeon, Korea)
  5. Past recipients of the award are not eligible for nominations, but non-recipient can be nominated multiple times.

Selection Procedure

Nominations will be reviewed by the Award Selection Committee which consists of total five (5) members including four (4) faculty members of AAVS Member Institutions who are recommended by AAVS Office representatives.

Up to 2 winners will be selected for the award. Winners will receive a certificate and a monetary reward of JPY 50,000.

The result will be announced in early June 2024. Should you have any inquiries, please contact Dr. Takashi MATSUWAKI, at the University of Tokyo, Japan (amwakit@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp) or the AAVS office (secretary@aavs.jpn.org).