News 2010

22/04/2010 The InBev-Baillet Latour Fund has awarded its 2010 Health Prize, the most important scientific Prize in Belgium, to the Irish Professor Stephen O'Rahilly of the University of Cambridge. The theme of this year's Prize is metabolic disorders. Read more Download the press release 22/04/2010 The InBev-Baillet Latour fund awards the prizes for the clinical research to professor Dirk Elewaut (university of Ghent) and Frederic Baron, senior research associate of the F.R.S.-FNRS (university of Liège) Read more Download the press release March 22 2010 2nd Inbev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship Award to professor Steven Goderis for his project on MICROMETA (micro meteorites from Antarctica), in presence of Alain Hubert, President of the International Polar Foundation. Click here to download the project summary Click here to dowload the resume

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International Polar Foundation The purpose of the International Polar Foundation is to promote scientific research conducted in polar regions and, in particular, to bring knowledge on climate change to the general public. continue here Restoration programme Since 2003, the Fund finances a cultural project for the preservation or restoration of an important item of Belgium's artistic heritage each year. continue here The InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize Unlike other international science awards, the "InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize" does not seek to encourage fundamental research, but its most useful applications. continue here

The InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize 2011 If you wish to be a candidate for the InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize 2011, download the PDF, fill in the application form and send it back at the following address before September 30, 2010. Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique Rue d'Egmont 5 1000 Bruxelles Regulations (PDF - 160K) Application Form (PDF - 124K) Historical Background (PDF - 204K) Infectious Diseases and Immunology The InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize 2011 will have as theme: "Infectious Diseases and Immunology". The Prize is awarded to a scientist active in biomedical research and/or practical applications for human health. The current value of the Prize is € 250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand Euro).