In addition to General Members' Abstracts, 'Residents' can compete for the Wim Misdorp
Award (sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health).
The aim of this award is to recognize outstanding contributions to the knowledge related to
pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, prevention, or control of animal tumour-diseases. It is
given once yearly at the ESVONC Annual General Congress to a veterinarian based upon
his/her written abstract and oral presentation of scientific data at the congress. In addition
to a Certificate this award covers the travel, hotel and registration costs for the author to
attend the Veterinary Cancer Society Annual Congress in the USA and to present their
work.
Rules:
- presenting author competing for the award must also be the first author of the abstract
- presenting author must be a Member of ESVONC and cannot be older than 38 years at time of oral presentation
- presenting author must hold a junior position (residency training, research programme or junior clinical post - if in doubt ask!)
- abstract and presentation must contain previously unpublished original work
- abstract must be submitted timely and accepted by the ESVONC scientific committee
- scientific work must meet good clinical practice and animal welfare criteria All Abstracts accepted will be published in the Veterinary and Comparative Oncology Journal.