This second edition is open to candidates worldwide, who have published scientific papers and/or developed best practice strategies in the field of personalised medicine between January 1^st, 2017 and October 31^st 2018. The deadline for proposal submission 21^st January 2019.

The successful applicants (maximum number of three) will be invited to the 2019 ICPerMed Workshop and will be given the opportunity to present their results during a plenary session. In addition, the successful candidates will receive support for the dissemination of the best practice example by the ICPerMed Secretariat in the value of 500 €.

The program will be centred on selecting Best Practices in Personalised Medicine (PM). The applications will cover at least one of the three defined topics linked to “Personalised Medicine for all citizens and patients within sustainable health systems, including models to facilitate investment in disease prevention and therapy research”.

These best practice examples can consist of one or several of the following:

1. Scientific paper focused on novel approaches for the implementation of personalised medicine
2. Training programmes for health personnel, increasing the level of awareness on the potential of personalised medicine
3. Examples for interdisciplinary or intersectoral groups of collaboration (governmental and non-governmental organisations, academic management, medical research , Health Care and SME), for the implementation of personalised medicine, including ELSI activities.

More information on the ICPerMed Recognition 2019 can be found here.