Nominations open for 3rd Annual Research Awards

[<Charlotte.Webber@biomedcentral.com>]

News release from BioMed Central

17 July 2008

For immediate release
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Nominations open for 3rd Annual Research Awards


BioMed Central today announces that nominations for the 3rd 
Annual Research Awards are now open. The awards, now in their 
third year and growing in popularity, recognize excellence in 
research that has been made universally accessible by open access 
publication.

The awards celebrate the best published research across medical 
and biological science within any of BioMed Central's open access 
journals.

To demonstrate the growing reputation of these awards, a new 
website has been launched: www.biomedcentral.com/researchawards

Nominations via the website are now being accepted and will close 
on 31 December 2008. Anyone who publishes original research of 
major significance in one of BioMed Central's journals during 
2008 is eligible for nomination. The winning articles are be 
selected by a panel including BioMed Central editorial team 
members and external experts in biology and medicine.

Speaking of the awards, BioMed Central's Head of Public 
Relations, Matt McKay said "We are always delighted by the 
quality and diversity of the entries we receive for these awards 
and are once again looking forward to judging and rewarding the 
highest-quality open access research from around the world."

The winners will be announced at the Annual BioMed Central 
Research Awards dinner being held in March 2009.


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Notes to Editors

1. BioMed Central's Research Awards 
(http://www.biomedcentral.com/researchawards/), now in their 
third year and growing in popularity, recognize excellence in 
research that has been made universally accessible by open access 
publication. The awards celebrate the best published research 
across medical and biological science within any of BioMed 
Central's open access journals.

2. BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com/) is an 
independent online publishing house committed to providing 
immediate access without charge to the peer-reviewed biological 
and medical research it publishes. This commitment is based on 
the view that open access to research is essential to the rapid 
and efficient communication of science.