ICNC2012 Award Nominations

12th International Child Neurology Congress
11th Asian and Oceanian Child Neurology Congress
27 May – 1 June 2012
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia

John Stobo Prichard Award lecture

The ICNA is now accepting applications for the John Stobo Prichard Award lecture.

The lecture will be awarded to a young child neurologist who has made a significant contribution to clinical and/or basic research. The Nominating Committee, chaired by Professor Robert Ouvrier, will select the candidates for recommendation to the ICNA EB.

1. The candidate should be nominated by three members of the ICNA.

2. The candidate should be 45 years old or younger at the time of the ICNA congress in Brisbane (June 2012).

3. The nominating members should describe the candidate and his/her work and they should make clear why they consider the candidate’s work so relevant to the field of child neurology.

4. The candidate should be a child neurologist and an active member of ICNA.

5. The nominating letter should be sent to the Chairman of the Selection Committee. Email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

6. The deadline for nomination will be OCTOBER 17, 2011

7. From all the proposed names, the Nominating Committee will choose and rate the three most appropriate candidates.

8. The candidates selected by the Selection Committee will be proposed for final decision at the Executive Board meeting in Prague November 2011.

9. The award lecturer will be invited to present a lecture during a plenary session at the 2012 ICNA-AOCNA Congress in Brisbane.

10. The successful candidate will receive $1000 towards travel to the congress, the costs of 3 night’s accommodation (as selected by the committee) and the registration will be waived.

Sheila Wallace International Fellowship Award

The ICNA is now accepting applications for the Sheila Wallace International Fellowship Award which will sponsor $1000 towards travel to the congress, the costs of 3 night’s accommodation (as selected by the committee) and the registration fee for a young child neurologist who has made a significant contribution in clinical research in his/her developing country to attend the 12th International Child Neurology Congress to be held in Brisbane in 2012. The Nominating Committee, chaired by Professor Robert Ouvrier, will select the candidates for recommendation to the ICNA EB.

1. The candidate should be nominated by two members of the ICNA.

2. The candidate should be 45 years old or younger at the moment of the ICNA congress in Brisbane in May 2012.

3. The nominating members should describe the candidate and his/her work and they should make clear why they consider the candidate’s work so relevant to the field of child neurology.

4. The candidate should be a child neurologist and an active member of ICNA, trained in a developing county and practising child neurology in an academic setting.

5. The nominating letter should be sent to the Chairman of the Selection Committee. Email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

6. The deadline for nomination will be OCTOBER 17, 2011

7. From all the proposed names, the Selection Committee will choose and rate the three most appropriate candidates.

8. The candidates selected by the Selection Committee will be proposed for final decision at the Executive Board meeting in Prague November 2011.

9. The award lecturer will be invited to present a lecture in a plenary session at the 2012 ICNA-AOCNA Congress in Brisbane.


Robert Ouvrier
Chairman, Prichard Award Selection Committee
Immediate Past President International Child Neurology Association