[DIV28SUPER] Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize - Call for Nominations 2012

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> From: Gelgia Fetz [mailto:gelgia.fetz@jacobsfoundation.org]
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:48 AM
> To: Anderson, Norman
> Cc: ExecutiveOffice; 'ppo@apa.org'
> Subject: Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize - Call for Nominations 2012
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> Dear Dr. Anderson
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> The Jacobs Foundation would like to invite the American Psychological Association to nominate a candidate for the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize 2012. The prize in honour of the Jacobs Foundation's late founder Klaus J. Jacobs is awarded annually in the first week of December in Zurich, Switzerland. We would also like to ask whether it is possible to distribute the call for nominations further to APA Members or post it on your website.
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> The prize in honour of the Jacobs Foundation's late founder Klaus J. Jacobs is awarded annually in the first week of December in Zurich, Switzerland. The Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize awards outstanding scientific contributions of individuals from all disciplines aiming at the improvement of young people's development and perspectives worldwide. The prize is endowed with 1 Mio. Swiss Francs, of which 900'000 Swiss Francs are for use in a research project, 100'000 Swiss Francs are for related costs, such as travel, networking, and dissemination.
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> The prize addresses scholars from all countries who have achieved major breakthroughs in understanding and contributing to child and youth development and at the same time have the potential to advance the field by actively conducting research.
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> An international jury will choose the laureate from the pool of nominated candidates. The following individuals currently form the jury:
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> Professor Albert Bandura, Stanford University, USA Professor Monique Boekaerts, Leiden University, the Netherlands Professor Thomas W. Boyce, University of British Columbia, Canada Professor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University, USA Professor Meinrad Paul Perrez, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Professor Anne C. Petersen, University of Michigan, USA Professor Rainer K. Silbereisen, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany Professor William Julius Wilson, Harvard University, USA
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> Your support in the nomination process would be very much appreciated. Please have your nomination submitted by 15 March 2012 at the latest. Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. To find out more about the Research Prize, please also visit our website: http://award.jacobsfoundation.org/
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> Yours sincerely,
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> Gelgia Fetz
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> Gelgia Fetz
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