Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Small philanthropy and big science: the RETROVIROLOGY prize and Stephen P. Goff | Retrovirology BioMed Central Editorial Open Access Small philanthropy and big science the RETROVIROLOGY prize and Stephen P. GOff Kuan-Teh Jeang Address The National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD USA Email Kuan-Teh Jeang - kj7e@ Corresponding author Published 06 July 2005 Received 04 July 2005 Retrovirology 2005 2 43 doi 1742-4690-2-43 Accepted 06 July 2005 This article is available from http content 2 1 43 2005 Jeang licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Stephen P. Goff wins the 2005 RETROVIROLOGY prize. Earlier this year I announced that Retrovirology would inaugurate an annual prize to recognize the achievements of a deserving mid-career retrovirologist 1 . There are two reasons why we feel such an award is timely. First retrovi-rology is an increasingly robust and important field of science. It seems wanting that no award exists to recognize exclusively excellence in basic retrovirus research. Second although there are many scientific prizes and awards very few are targeted only to mid-career scientists. In principle the awarding of a prize carries two worthy aims. Prizes reward individuals for past achievements and prizes also bring visibility and encourage future advances in particular research problems fields. For the latter goal choosing an outstanding mid-career individual who is on the peak of his her productivity curve and who is poised for many years of best work ahead is more than appropriate. Hence while the roster of winners of many awards frequently reads the same as other awards the RETROVI-ROLOGY prize intends to highlight fresh scientists for their ongoing and accelerating research achievements. A few wealthy international philanthropies .
