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ENTRIES are invited for the 1949 fourth intermediate prize award of 5,000 dollars offered by the Sugar Research Foundation. The award will be given for discoveries in the chemistry, physiology or technological application of carbohydrates which contribute to an understanding of the functions of sugar (sucrose) or to its practical utilization. The first of these awards (1946) was made to Drs. W. Z. Hassid, M. Doudoroff and H. A. Barker, of the University of California, Berkeley, for research leading to the enzymatic synthesis of sucrose; the second (1947) went to Dr. Carl F. Cori, professor of biochemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, for research on problems of carbohydrate metabolism in the animal body ; the third (1948) to Dr. Leslie F. Wiggins, University of Birmingham, for chemical studies of the sucrose molecule and transformations which may make sucrose a valuable raw material in the chemical industries. Winners of these intermediate annual awards are eligible for the Grand Prize of 25,000 dollars to be given in 1950 for the most important work during the five preceding years. Further particulars can be obtained from the Executive Secretary, National Science Fund, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington 25, D.C., to whom entries must be submitted by January 1, 1949.
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Sugar Research Foundation Prize. Nature 162, 769 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162769b0
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