Frits Huyse Award

This annual award is given primarily for outstanding contributions in promotion of the biopsychosocial approach to health and care by leadership and service development with a willingness to share knowledge, support others and foster collaboration. Research achievement is also considered. This is not necessarily a lifetime achievement award.

Requirements

The awardee agrees to attend the meeting and give the Frits Huyse award lecture or another form of presentation at the meeting, the topic of which can be chosen by the recipient, but which should be of interest to attendees. The recipient will also be invited to give a 90 minute masterclass at the meeting on an agreed topic with maximum of 30 participants. Ideally, the recipients will be EAPM member. If they are not a member, a one-year free membership will be offered.

The awards consist of

An €1000 honorarium and a diploma presented during the annual meeting of the EAPM.

The awarding committee

The committee should have five members who are appointed each year by the EAPM Board. Members of this award committee should already have received one of the awards and, as far as possible, be from different countries. Membership of this committee is reviewed each year by the EAPM Board.

If you want to nominate someone, please sent an email with a name in confidence to contact@eapm.eu.com.

Wolfgang Söllner (Chair) – Innsbruck, Austria
Fiammetta Cosci – Florence, Italy
Albert Leentjens – Maastricht, Netherlands
Michael Sharpe – Oxford, United Kingdom
Fritz Stiefel – Lausanne, Switzerland