Purpose
The purpose of the Delsys Prize is to promote innovation in the field of Electromyography.
Award
One complete Myomonitor® 16-Channel Wireless EMG System, including EMGworks Signal Acquisition and Analysis Software.
The Award will be given to the first author on the application. Taxes, duties and applicable fees to be paid by the winner.
Delsys reserves the right to grant multiple awards.
Eligibility
Any individual eighteen (18) years of age and older may participate.
Excluded from participation are:
- Employees and consultants of Delsys, Inc. and their immediate relatives
- Members of the Review Board
Submission
- Submit before midnight (EDT; GMT -4) September 30, 2008.
- Submit official application form as a Word or pdf attachment by email to prize@delsys.com.
- We will accept entries that may have been previously presented or published.
- All entries will be treated as public domain information.
- The entry of the winner will be posted on the Delsys website (www.delsys.com).
Decision-making
The entries will be scored on a scale from
0 to 10 as follows:
| Impact of Innovation |
5 points |
| Evidence of usefulness |
3 points |
| Clarity of description |
2 points |
Winner will be announced on www.delsys.com on October 27, 2008
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The Review Board is appointed by Delsys Inc. The Review Board will consist of five experts in the field of Electromyography, at least three of which will not be affiliated with Delsys. For further information on members of the Review Board, see www.delsys.com.
The Chairperson is responsible for resolving areas of uncertainty and will only vote in case of a tie.
Members of the board are subject to the Delsys Prize rules of Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest. All Board members are asked to sign a form agreeing to abide by the Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest policies when they join the Board.
Confidentiality
All discussions among Board members concerning all aspects of the content of the entries are strictly confidential. Board members must not discuss with applicants or other interested parties any information relating to the review of a specific entry. All requests for information on an entry should be referred to the Chairman of the Review Board, who will address them directly.
Conflict of Interest
Delsys will attempt to make every effort to ensure not only that its decisions are fair and objective, but that they are seen to be so. No Board member with a real or apparent conflict of interest may participate in the review of an application; therefore:
1. Board members are excluded from submitting an entry.
2. Board members must recuse themselves from deliberation if they: ·
- are from the same institution or company as the applicant,
- have collaborated, published with the applicant, within the last five (5) years,
- have been a student or supervisor of the applicant within the last five (5) years,
- are a close personal friend, business associate or relative (e.g., spouse, minor child, sibling, or parent) of the applicant,
- are an officer, director, member, owner, trustee, expert, advisor, consultant (with or without compensation), or employee of an applicant or other organization that would be affected by his or her decision,
- are in negotiations or have an arrangement for prospective employment with an applicant or other organization that would be affected by his or her decision,
- have had long-standing scientific or personal differences with the applicant,
- are in a position to gain or lose financially from the outcome of the application (e.g., hold stock in the company of an industry partner or a competitor), or
- for some other reason feel that they cannot provide an objective review of the entry .
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