The Sheila Jones Award is an award for patient advocates. This can be individuals, groups or organizations. Not eligible are medical staff or companies or paid staff of PKU Patient Organisations. If you know somebody that is very important in the field of Phenylketonuria and has the role of a patient advocate make sure to submit a nomination. The reason for the nomination can reach from a special project as far as a continuous support for the field of PKU.

Nominations can be submitted until June 28^th, International PKU Day.

The award ceremony will take place at the next annual E.S.PKU conference. You can learn more about the conference by visiting the dedicated section on this website.

Sheila Jones Award winners^* are invited to the next E.S.PKU annual conference. The award will be presented there. The award will be presented with a special trophy and all the recognition that E.S.PKU conferences have to offer. ^* costs for the conference, including travel costs, are concerned by E.S.PKU for 1 (one) individual winning the price or representing the group / organization.

Of course we want to highlight all winners of this award on the Website and Social Media. We will also be taking a photo, publish the story and might do a short video (interview) so people can learn more about the winner.