2022 TANNER-VANDEPUT-BOSWICK BURN PRIZE INSTRUCTIONS

 

The 2022 Tanner-Vandeput-Boswick Burn Prize will be awarded during the 21st Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries to be held in August 2022. 

 

Purpose of the Award: The Prize was conceived and established to promote the aims of the International Society for Burn Injuries and to motivate individual investigators to perform research, undertake patient care and treatment, and attempt to solve other aspects of the burn problem.

 

Eligibility: The prize will be awarded to a person(s) or organization who has made an outstanding contribution to any aspect of the burn care field. This could be a specific achievement or might represent a body of work over a period of years. Colleagues may make nominations, or a candidate may make an application on their own behalf. The recipient does not have to be a member of the ISBI nor do they have to be a physician, but they should be responsible for major advancement of the field of burn care.

 

Award: The prize consists of a gold pin and a cash payment in the amount of approximately $100,000.