09/24/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/24/2024 12:18
This is a joint competition for VU and VUMC investigators. All investigators should follow these instructions.
Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may submit one nomination per category for the 2025 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
Overview
These awards recognize the United State's most promising faculty-rank researchers in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering and Chemical Sciences. One Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds. Indirect costs are not applied to the award.
The eligibility criteria, guidelines for selection and application materials are consistent across these three award categories. The deadline for all three internal competitions is Oct. 16, 2024.
Eligibility and Guidelines
The nominee must:
*Age limit exceptions will be considered by the Academy in exceptional circumstances upon a detailed written submission from the nominating institution.
Each nominee and their body of work will be evaluated based on the quality of their research, the impact on their respective field and potential benefit to society, the novelty of their ideas and methods, and the potential they show for future scientific contributions and discoveries.
Please see the program page and FAQs for more information.
Application Materials
Anyone interested in being considered as a nominee must submit the following materials by 11:59 pm on October 16, 2024.
Note: Summary should be written to be accessible to another scientist working in the same overarching disciplinary category (e.g., Life Sciences) but not necessarily in the specific field of study (e.g., Neuroscience);
Application Process
Please note that the application process differs across the 3 award competitions.
Any questions about this opportunity or the LSO process can be directed to [email protected]