Basic Science Research Award

The Medical School Dean’s Office is soliciting nominations for the Basic Science Research Award. This award is to recognize a scientist or group of scientists identified as having made outstanding contributions to the Medical School in basic biomedical science research. This award carries a $5,000 discretionary academic support prize, which will be given to the faculty member or group.

This will be a two-stage selection process. Nominations submitted to the Biomedical Research Council will be reviewed and a list of potential awardees given to the Dean of the Medical School. The Dean will make the final selection. The nomination deadline is Thursday, May 15, 2003.

Nominees must be faculty in the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, or Assistant or Associate Research Scientist of the University of Michigan Medical School.

Nominations must include the following:

1.A Letter of support from the Department Chair or Unit Director.
2. Two or more letters of support from University of Michigan faculty.
3. A three page maximum summation of the nominee’s research work.
4. One or more manuscripts reflecting the substance of research achievement.
5. A current CV.

Send complete nomination packets by Thursday, May 15, 2003 to:

Steven A. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
4107 Medical Science I/Box 0624

Previous Winners
2002 Sofia Merajver, M.D., Ph.D.
2001 Gabriel Nunez, M.D.