KRONECKER BIOCHEMICAL PRIZE 



A prize of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150), to be known as 

 the Kronecker Biochemical Prize, and intended "to encourage 

 biochemical research and improve biochemical literature," will be 

 awarded to the most meritorious paper, in each successive volume of 

 the Biochemical Bulletin, under the f ollowing conditions : 



1. The prize shall be designated, in all reference thereto in the 

 Biochemical Bulletin, as the Kronecker Biochemical Prize. 



2. No one more than 40 years of age shall be eligible to receive 

 the prize, but neither nationality, race, creed, sex, nor any other 

 State or personal condition shall render an author ineligible to re- 

 ceive the prize, 



3. The prize- winning paper, article, or other contribution, may 

 be of multiple authorship and of any biochemical character what- 

 ever, provided the paper or any part of it is not published elsewhere 

 before the award is formally announced; but the prize may not be 

 awarded to a paper that is more than 15 printed pages in extent, 

 exclusive of diagrams, plates, tables, and other illustrative matter. 



4. The award of the prize shall be made annually by vote of 

 the subscribers for the Biochemical Bulletin. 



5. The Managing Editor of the Biochemical Bulletin, with 

 the advice of the members of the Executiye Committee of the Co- 

 lumbia University Biochemical Association, shall have authority to 

 announce that none of the papers in a givei\ volume is sufficiently 

 meritorious to Warrant the award of the prize vfo.r„that volume; but 

 in any such event the prize for the succeeding volume, or voiuir^s, 

 shall be increased by the amount, or amounts, not previously 

 awarded. 



6. The Contents of the second half of the present volume (V — 

 July to December, 19 16, inclusive) and of the whole of the succeed- 

 ing volume (VI — 19 17) shall constitute the series of papers from 

 which the most meritorious contribution will be selected for the 

 initial bestowal of the Kronecker Biochemical Prize. Beginning 

 with Volume VII (1918), this prize will be awarded annually. 



7. The Managing Editor of the Biochemical Bulletin will 

 announce and execute all plans desirable or necessary for the attain- 

 ment of the donor's purpose in this matter, in accord with the con- 

 ditions above expressed. 



See page 59 (Jan.) and 127 (this number) of the Biochemical 

 Bulletin. 



