[okfn-br] Accelerating Science Award Program - Nominate now!

[Carolina Rossini]

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*Nominate a pioneer who has applied scientific research published through
Open Access to innovate in any field. *

PLOS, the Wellcome Trust and Google launch the Accelerating Science Award
Program (ASAP) that recognizes the use of scientific research, published
through Open Access, which has led to innovations in any field that benefit
society.

The ASAP Program recognizes individuals who have used, applied or remixed
scientific research to innovate and make a difference in science, medicine,
business, technology or society as a whole.  Potential nominees include
individuals, teams or groups of collaborators such as scientists,
researchers, educators, technology leaders, entrepreneurs, policy makers,
patient advocates, public health workers, and students. There are three top
awards of $30,000 each.*

The ASAP Program will illuminate how the unrestricted exchange of
information can advance science and medicine, and benefit society.  It also
aspires to encourage a new generation of individuals to embrace the use and
application of scientific research published through Open Access­.

“PLOS is delighted to collaborate with two dozen global organizations to
highlight the impact that Open Access research has on science, medicine and
society,” said Gary Ward, Chairman of the Board, PLOS.  “We know there are
countless examples of individuals who have used Open Access research to
accelerate science but these stories often go untold.  Through this
program, we hope to bring them to the forefront.”

The ASAP Program will be judged by an international committee composed of
distinguished leaders in multiple fields, including:

   - Agnes Binagwaho, M.D.,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Binagwaho>Minister of Health,
Rwanda and faculty member in the Department of Global
   Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
   - Helga Nowotny <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helga_Nowotny>, President
   of the European Research Council (ERC) and Professor emeritus of Social
   Studies of Science, ETH Zurich
   - Tim O’Reilly <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Reilly>, Founder
   and CEO, O’Reilly Media
   - Hans Rosling, M.D.,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling>Professor of International
Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder
   and chairman of the Gapminder
   - Harold Varmus, M.D.,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Varmus>Co-recipient of a Nobel
Prize for studies of the genetic basis of cancer
   and the current Director of the National Cancer Institute

“The Wellcome Trust is proud to sponsor the ASAP Program, and in doing so,
recognize those who have maximized the impact of scientific research
published through Open Access,” said Robert Kiley, Head of Digital Services
at the Wellcome Trust.  “We are eager to see real case studies that
showcase the unique value of Open Access and, through these stories,
inspire greater support for Open Access.”

Three top awards of $30,000 each will be presented.  *The nomination period
is open from May 1 to June 15, 2013*.  Winners will be announced in
Washington, DC in October 2013, at an Open Access Week kickoff event hosted
by SPARC and the World Bank.

*For more information, including the full details of the ASAP Program,
nomination process, and the Award specifics, go to asap.plos.org. For
Program rules visit http://asap.plos.org/nominate/rules/.

Sponsors are the Association of College Research Libraries, the Association
of Research Libraries, Co-Action Publishing, Creative Commons, the
Directory of Open Access Journals, Doris Duke Charitable Trust, eLife,
EIFL, Hindawi, Health Research Alliance, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Impact Story, Max Planck Society, Mendeley, Microsoft Research, the Open
Access Scholarly Publishers Association, Research Councils UK, Research
Libraries UK, SPARC, SURF (Netherlands), the World Bank, and major sponsors
Google, Public Library of Science, and the Wellcome Trust

(
http://blogs.plos.org/plos/2013/05/plos-announces-accelerating-science-award-program/
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