Ovide Arino Outreach Award (OAOA)

This joint ESMTB (European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology) and SFBT (Société Francophone de Biologie Théorique) prize is awarded every two years to a young researcher from a Southern country, on the basis of a remarkable contribution in mathematical or theoretical biology, carried out in collaboration with a European or French-speaking country.

Previous winners.

Eligibility criteria:

• Be a PhD student or a young⁽¹⁾ researcher
  
• Work in an eligible Southern country⁽²⁾ at the application date.
• Justify a recent contribution in mathematical or theoretical biology through one paper published⁽³⁾ less than 4 years before the closing date of the call, with at least one co-author affiliated⁽⁴⁾  to a European or French-speaking country other than the candidate affiliation ⁽⁴⁾ country on the paper.
  
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⁽¹⁾ PhD defended less than 10 years before the closing date of the call.
⁽²⁾ List of eligible countries.
⁽³⁾ The “first published” date indicated online prevails.
⁽⁴⁾ The affiliations should appear on the published paper.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

The award includes:

• a 1000 € prize,
• 1-year memberships to ESMTB and SFBT.

The prize awarding committee includes: Julien Arino, Slimane Ben Miled, Rafael Bravo de la Parra, Angélique Stéphanou, Suzanne Touzeau.

Closed call

Applications should be sent to oaoa@esmtb.org and include:

1. Name, address, current affiliation and email address of the candidate.
2. CV of the candidate and, if appropriate, a copy of her/his PhD diploma (or certificate).
3. One published paper meeting the eligibility criteria above, possibly complemented by at most one companion paper (on the same topic).
4. Short statement describing the importance of this contribution (different from the paper abstract).

Closing date for applications is September 15^th 2023.

Contact: oaoa@esmtb.org

Ovide Arino (1947-2003)

Ovide Arino was a mathematician working on delay differential equations. His field of application was population dynamics. He was a prolific author, who published more than 150 articles during his lifetime. He was especially active in terms of student supervision. Over the course of his career, he directed about 60 theses and devoted much time to his students. Many came from Morocco and Algeria. He has thus played a key role in the development of biomathematics in North Africa. Many of his students are now professors and still maintain international collaborations.

More information is available at:  http://euromedbiomath.ovide.free.fr/

The SFBT paid him tribute in 2004 by awarding the Ovide Arino Award at its first international conference in Morocco. Through this award, the ESMTB and SFBT join together to maintain his heritage and keep his memory alive.