DEADLINE: October 1, 2013, 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Prize Amount: $100,000
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) is accepting nominations for the 2014 Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciences, an annual award recognizing outstanding achievement by a young scientist in biomedical research.
The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2013, 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
The prize amount is $100,000 and is made possible by a generous gift from Ann Lurie, FNIH Board Member, distinguished philanthropist, and President of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation.
The nomination criteria are:
- Nominator must be a member of an accredited educational and/or scientific institution
- Candidate must be 52 or younger on January 1, 2014
- All nomination materials must be in English
- No self-nominations are allowed
Nominations must include the following information:
- The name and full contact information of the nominator (name, professional title, institutional affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, email address)
- The name and full contact information of the candidate (name, professional title, institutional affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, email address)
- A 50 word citation of the basis for nomination
- A curriculum vitae of the candidate that includes no more than 10 citations of publications on which the nomination is based
The Awardee will be selected by a highly qualified Lurie Prize jury. The jury is chaired by Solomon H. Snyder, MD, FNIH Board Member and Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology & Psychiatry, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Nominate someone today! Deadline: October 1, 2013, 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time!
