The AVA - David Marr Medal

The AVA awards, normally every two years, a medal recognizing the achievements of an outstanding vision scientist in the early part of his or her research career. The award is called the David Marr medal, in memory of one of Britain's most distinguished vision researchers.  Following the successful launch of the award in 2008, this notice is a call for nominations for the 2012 award.

Nomination
Nominees will normally be scientists who are conducting vision research in an EU country, and who arewithin 10 years of their PhD.

Nominations (but not self-nominations) are invited from AVA members, and should include a letter of recommendation, the nominee's CV (with list of publications), and two example publications (PDF files).  Any eligible vision scientist may be nominated, whether nominated previously or not.

The Award
The winner of the 2012 award will be announced around the end of January 2012. He or she will be invited to receive it, and give an invited talk, at the AVA Spring meeting or Christmas meeting 2012.

2010 and 2011 Marr Medals

2008 Marr Medal

Deadline: Nominations (in electronic form) should be e-mailed to the AVA secretariat: L.Sackett@bristol.ac.uk by Friday January 13th, 2012.