Funding Opportunity: NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award

URL: https://www.sciencemag.org/nomis-science-young-explorer-award?et_rid=54802263&et_cid=3674446

OBJECTIVES:

The newly launched NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award recognizes bold, early-career researchers with an M.D., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D. who ask fundamental questions at the intersection of the social and life sciences. It is awarded to scientists who conduct research with an enthusiasm that catalyzes cross-disciplinary collaboration and who take risks to creatively address relevant and exciting questions.

Award winners will receive a cash prize of up to $15,000, and their essay submissions will be published in Science. They will also be invited to share their ideas with leading scientists in the respective fields at an award ceremony and to present their research to the NOMIS Board of Directors for potential future funding.

FUNDING INFORMATION: $15,000 Grand Prize, $5,000 prize for runners up

ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:

Entrant must be under age 35

Entrant must hold a Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D. at time of submission

The submission/content must focus on work done in the past 3 years

SUBMISSION PROCESS:

The entrant must submit the following items:

  • A completed Entry Form.
  • An essay, written by the entrant that describes their research at the intersection of the life and social sciences, showing interdisciplinary work. The essay must not exceed 1,000 words in length.  The applicant must have done or directed all of the work and it must have been performed in the last three years.
  • A one-page letter of recommendation from his or her postdoctoral adviser, supervisor, or other senior colleague who is familiar with the entrant’s work.
  • A Curriculum Vitae that includes the following:
  1. Full citations of papers that the entrant has published on the research described in the essay
  2. Academic and professional awards and honors that the entrant has received; and
  3. Relevant professional experience
  • Copies of two of the entrant’s papers that are most relevant to the essay.

All material must be submitted via the prize management system linked on the award page (see the initial URL in this announcement)

DEADLINES:
Submission Deadline: Saturday, May 15, 2021

View all posts

Information For...