The Innovators in Science Award, proudly sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and administered by the New York Academy of Sciences, was established on November 10, 2016. The Award recognizes a promising Early-Career Scientist's and an outstanding Senior Scientist’s contributions to science in the therapeutic areas of Neuroscience, Gastroenterology, Regenerative Medicine, and Oncology, and is intended to support their commitment to innovative research.
Two prizes of US$200,000 are awarded each Award cycle, in a specific therapeutic area, one to an Early-Career Scientist and the other to a well-established Senior Scientist from across the globe. The winning scientists have distinguished themselves for the creativity and impact of their research.
Candidates for the 2019 Innovators in Science Award must be nominated by their institutions. Each institution may submit up to two (2) nominations each year, one (1) in each category of Early-Career Scientist and Senior Scientist.
Early-Career Scientist
The nominee must:
Have been engaged in active research for a length of time of 10 years or less since gaining their doctorate degree or equivalent.
Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
Currently hold a junior level Post-doctoral or Faculty position at an invited academic, government, or non-profit institution or equivalent.
Have made impactful research contributions and show exceptional promise for significant future achievement in the Award field.
Senior Scientist
The nominee must:
Have been engaged in active research for a length of time of more than 10 years since gaining their doctorate degree or equivalent.
Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
Currently hold a senior level Faculty position at an invited academic, government, or non-profit institution or equivalent.
Have made multiple, extensive, and impactful research contributions to advance the Award field.
Owing to the sponsor's restriction on the number of applications that may be submitted from Duke, anyone wishing to pursue nomination should submit the following materials as one PDF.
* From the Departmental Dean or Chair: Rationale for Nomination
The Rationale for Nomination is a 200-word statement that explains why the nominee should be selected as the institutional nominee based on his/her strong record of significant independent scientific contributions, career success, and promise of sustained or accelerated progress in the future. The Rationale should address the nominee’s research according to the Quality, Impact, Novelty, and Promise evaluation criteria described below.
Early-Career Scientist
Quality: The extent to which the work is reliable, valid, credible, and scientifically rigorous.
Impact: The extent to which the work represents a significant contribution in basic, translational, or clinical research that has impacted, or has strong potential to impact, human health through the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease.
Novelty: The extent to which the work challenges existing paradigms, employs innovative new methodologies or concepts, and/or pursues an original question.
Promise: The extent to which the nominee has made innovative research contributions and shows exceptional promise for significant future achievement in the Award field.
Senior Scientist
Quality: The extent to which the work is reliable, valid, credible, and scientifically rigorous.
Impact: The extent to which the work represents a significant contribution in basic, translational, or clinical research that has impacted, or has strong potential to impact, human health through the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease.
Novelty: The extent to which the work challenges existing paradigms, employs new innovative methodologies or concepts, and/or pursues an original question.
Promise: The extent to which the nominee has made impactful research contributions and future prospects for further significant contributions in the Award field.
Nominee: Curriculum Vitae
Label file: LastName_FirstName-CV.pdf
Four (4) pages maximum.
Full name, current institution(s), and position title.
Education and training – List institutions, degrees, years, and fields of study; include postdoctoral training or residency, if applicable.
Employment history.
Honors and awards – List honors and awards with years when they were received.
Select peer-reviewed publications – List only published work or manuscripts in press authored during independent career; do not include manuscripts that are submitted or in preparation. Conference abstracts and proceedings should only be included if they are the primary way of disseminating new results in the nominee’s field. Please use the MEDLINE/PubMed citation format.
Select patents – List patents and patent applications, if applicable, with years.
Research grants – List funding for the main ongoing and completed projects on which the nominee is a Principal Investigator (PI) or a co-PI.
Research Summary
Label file: LastName_FirstName-Summary.pdf
A 1,000-word maximum summary of up to five (5) of the nominee’s most significant scientific contributions and research accomplishments. Key results, their impact on the nominee’s field of study, and the nominee’s specific role in the described work should be included. Information about the nominee’s positions, awards, and service activities should be excluded. One figure illustrating the most significant results is allowed. Citations and figure caption do not count toward the word limit.
Future Research Plan (Required for Early-Career Scientist Nominees, only)
Label file: LastName_FirstName-Future.pdf
A brief summary of the nominee’s future research plans (500-words maximum).
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