AWARD OF PAS GOLD MEDALS in 2008 IN VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Each Award carries Rs.20,000/- Cash, a Gold Medal and a Certificate.

Fields: Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Medicine, Engineering & Technology and Agriculture.

The Academy invites nominations in January/February each year from its Fellows and high-level institutions engaged in Scientific Education and Research, and recognized as such by the Academy.

Only Pakistani scientists, other than Fellows of the Academy, will be eligible for the award of medals, and those who have not received any Medal/Prize from the Pakistan Academy of Sciences during the past five years.

Four copies each of Biodata and complete list of publications must accompany the nominations. A brief summary is required highlighting the outstanding internationally acclaimed achievements in the field of scientific research, including the citations of the nominee’s research papers by other scientists, Gold Medals and other awards already received. Reprints or photocopies of the research papers published in scientific journals of international repute must be submitted.

The nominations complete, in all respects, received within due dates are processed. The documents of the candidates are sent to members of the relevant Expert Committees for assessment in order of merit. On the basis of the recommendations of the experts, the Council of the Academy selects candidates for the award. The prize is awarded to the winners in the investiture ceremony in the General Body meeting in November/December. The decision of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences shall be final and shall not be challengeable in a court of law or elsewhere.

Last date is 28.03.2008