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Retrovirology BioMed Central Open Access Editorial Life after 45 and before 60: the Retrovirology Prize Kuan-Teh Jeang* Address: the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Email: Kuan-Teh Jeang* - kj7e@nih.gov * Corresponding author Published: 15 April 2005 Received: 12 April 2005 Accepted: 15 April 2005 Retrovirology 2005, 2:26 doi:10.1186/1742-4690-2-26 This article is available from: http://www.retrovirology.com/content/2/1/26 © 2005 Jeang; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Retrovirology announces an annual prize to recognize one outstanding mid-career retrovirologist. rovirologists. Beginning this year, Retrovirology will recog- The silent majority In his US presidential campaigns, Richard Nixon nize annually through the Retrovirology Prize one 45- to famously popularized the concept of a "silent majority". 60- year-old retrovirologist. Fundamentally what Nixon meant was that the stalwart contributors in any given population tend to be a faceless The selection process and non-vocal "majority". Applying Nixon's term to sci- This editorial kicks-off the 2005 call for nominations for ence, where is our "silent majority"? the Retrovirology Prize. We envisage an approximate alter- nation of the Prize yearly between a non-HIV retrovirolo- I recently returned from a large international meeting gist (2005 and odd years) and an HIV retrovirologist where numerous awards were presented to wunderkinds (2006 and even years). There can be some discretion on (i.e. Young Investigator Awards) and senior statesmen/ this criterion exercised from time-to-time by the selection stateswomen of science (i.e. Lifetime Achievement committee. A nomination includes a statement (1000 Awards). Curiously, I found subjectively that the majority words or less) of significant contributions to retrovirology of the best work was being presented by a glum-looking research and a curriculum vitae of the nominee. The selec- bunch of scientists traversing "midlife crises" (i.e. individ- tion committee is composed of the Editors (currently, M. uals who uncannily resemble me!). It struck me that argu- Benkirane, B. Berkhout, M. Fujii, K.T. Jeang, M. Lairmore, ably the most productive denizens of science are those in A. Lever, and M. Wainberg) of Retrovirology. All nomina- the 45 to 60 age group (who are no longer young investi- tions to the selection committee must come through an gators and not yet competitive for lifetime achievements); Editorial Board member of Retrovirology. Candidates may and they are our equivalent of Nixon's "silent majority". self-nominate, but they must ask a Retrovirology Editorial board member to communicate their nominations to the selection committee. A list of Editorial Board members The Retrovirology Prize To my knowledge, there is no significant scientific prize can be found at the Retrovirology website www.retrovirol- that is age-restricted to mid-career scientists (i.e. between ogy.com. All Retrovirology Editors and Editorial Board the ages of 45 to 60). Although mid-life scientists do and members are eligible for nomination with the exception have competed ably for numerous non-age restricted of the Editor-in-Chief who will administer the final selec- awards, a unique niche is fulfilled by a prize that specifi- tion decision. For 2005, all nominations must be received cally recognizes this increasingly large and productive age by June 1. The Retrovirology Prize consists of an attractive group. Moreover, I am not aware of a prize limited to ret- trophy, a cash award, and a biographical article published Page 1 of 2 (page number not for citation purposes)
Retrovirology 2005, 2:26 http://www.retrovirology.com/content/2/1/26 in Retrovirology about the winner and his or her scientific contributions to retrovirology. Acknowledgements I thank M. Benkirane, B. Berkhout, M. Fujii, M. Lairmore, A. Lever, M. Wain- berg, R. King, T. Bloom, and G. Baynes for critical readings of this editorial. Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating the results of biomedical researc h in our lifetime." Sir Paul Nurse, Cancer Research UK Your research papers will be: available free of charge to the entire biomedical community peer reviewed and published immediately upon acceptance cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep the copyright BioMedcentral Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp Page 2 of 2 (page number not for citation purposes)

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