The New York Academy of Sciences and the Blavatnik Family Foundation will open nominations for the 2017 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists on September 21st,2016.
Entering its fourth year, the Blavatnik National Awards celebrate America’s most innovative and promising faculty-rank scientists and engineers. Your institution is invited to nominate one outstanding candidate in each of the three disciplinary categories: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. One nominee in each category will be awarded $250,000 and be named a 2017 Blavatnik National Laureate.
The nomination period will begin on September 21st, 2016 and end on November 16th, 2016. Letters of support must be submitted by November 30th, 2016.
Please refer to the updated 2017 national nomination guidelines for details on candidate eligibility, nomination requirements, and selection criteria.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. You may send inquiries to blavatnikawards@nyas.org or directly contact the Blavatnik Awards staff at (212) 298-8624 (M-F, 9 am – 5 pm ET). Additional information is also available at: http://blavatnikawards.org/national-awards/.
We look forward to hearing about the most exciting and promising young faculty researchers from your institution.
Please contact Cindy Dickson (cdickson@llu.edu) if you wish to apply.