F1000 has established a Travel Grant Fund to recognize the contribution of Associate Faculty Members (AFMs) to its service.
Starting in January 2012, F1000 will contribute $1 to the Travel Grant Fund for each evaluation submitted to F1000; the totalizer shows the total fund value for 2012 to date.
At the end of the calendar year, the fund will be rounded up to the nearest multiple of $250.
The value of each Travel Grant will be $250, and the number of grants awarded will be the total value of the Travel Grant Fund at the end of the calendar year divided by 250.
All AFMs who have submitted at least six evaluations in the calendar year ending on 31 December 2012 will be eligible for consideration for a Travel Grant. Those submitting fewer than six evaluations in the calendar year ending on 31 December 2012 will not be eligible.
The number of Travel Grants available will be awarded to those eligible AFMs who, in the opinion of the judges, have submitted the most noteworthy evaluations.
The judges for the award of Travel Grants will be the Editorial Director for Biology and the Editorial Director for Medicine.
Those AFMs awarded Travel Grants will be notified by 31 January 2013.
Travel Grant Competition Rules
2012 Travel Grant Competition Rules
1. The competition is being run by Faculty of 1000 Limited ("F1000").
2. The competition is open to Associate Faculty Members (AFMs) of F1000 who submit not less than 6 Evaluations between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012.
3. The competition is not open to employees of F1000 or the Science Navigation Group or members of their immediate family.
4. The instructions for entry form part of the rules. All entrants are deemed to have accepted the rules and to be bound by them.
5. Each AFM is automatically entered into the competition once the sixth evaluation has been submitted after 1 January 2012 and prior to 31 December 2012.
6. All Evaluations must be submitted on or before 23.59 hours UK time on 31 December 2012 ("the Closing Date").
7. By submitting Evaluations, the winners of any prize agree to participate in such promotional activities and feature in such promotional material as F1000 may require.
8. The panel of judges will comprise the Editorial Director for Biology and the Editorial Director for Medicine.
9. The winners will receive a travel grant of US$250 each.
10. The number of winners will depend on how many Evaluations are published by F1000 in 2012. The number of winners will be equal to the number of Evaluations published by F1000 in 2012 divided by 250.
11. The winners will be the AFMs who have submitted not less than 6 Evaluations between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012 who have one of such Evaluations selected by the judges, in their absolute discretion, to be one of the noteworthy Evaluations published from those submitted between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012.
12. No part of any of the prize is exchangeable for cash or any other prize.
13. The judges' decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
14. The winners will be notified by email on or before 31 January 2013. The identity of the winners will be available by sending a stamped addressed envelope to F1000 at the address below after 31 January 2013.
Faculty of 1000 Limited, Middlesex House, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4LB, UK
