Outstanding Researcher Award (ORA) is an award given to the best research papers in the 5th ACPID Congress. The followings are the guidance for application for the award:

• No limitation on the age of candidate.
• The applicant should register and attend the 5th ACPID.
• The applicant should have submitted an abstract for oral or poster presentation as the first and the presenting author to the 5th ACPID.
• The abstract should not have been published in any journal nor presented in an international conference before July 31, 2009.

• The abstract should be written in English.
• The abstract for the competition has to be sent through the regular congress submission system. When submitting their abstracts to the Congress, all applicants will be invited to the competition of Outstanding Researcher Award.

• If the applicant has more than one paper, only the paper with the highest score will be considered to be awarded.

Other Notices

• The decision on the ORA application will be sent to the applicant by e-mail before July 31, 2010. Please visit your e-mail (Inbox or Spam Folder) regularly.

• Once a notice for acceptation is received, candidates must immediately register (payment at the time is essential) and be able to attend the full congress.
• The Scientific Committee reserves the right to
  1. Rescind the award from awarded laureates who do not attend the full 5th ACPID Congress in person.
  2. Make no award if no suitable application is received.