The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases is accepting nominations for The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement and The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind. This Award is named for Maxwell Finland, M.D., a distinguished scholar and scientist who pioneered work in epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance, and helped define the discipline of infectious diseases as we know it today. The Award, developed in 1988, now recognizes scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases or public health. This Award is named for Former President Jimmy Carter and Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, the first recipients of the award. The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind was developed to recognize persons who have made outstanding humanitarian contributions to improving the health of humankind.
Priority is given to contributions in the area of infectious diseases.
Only written material will be considered. The Awards Committee of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases will receive, consider, and make recommendations on nominations for the award. The Committee's recommendations for The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement will be acted on by the Foundation's Board of Directors. The Committee's recommendations for The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind will be acted upon by the Foundation's Board of Directors and Board of Trustees. D.C. Recipients must be present at the ceremony to receive the award.