Upcoming Deadlines for May, June and July


MAY

AAMC
Abraham Flexner Award -extraordinary contributions to the medical education community
Amount of award: $10,000
Deadline: 5/04/07

The Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences honors outstanding biomedical research related to health and disease.
Amount of award: $5,000
Deadline: 5/04/07

The David E. Rogers Award is granted annually to a member of a medical school faculty who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people
Amount of award: $10,000
Deadline: 5/04/07

Outstanding Community Service Award is presented annually to a member institution or organization with a longstanding, major institutional commitment to addressing community needs.
Deadline: 5/04/07

The Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teaching Awards recognize the significant contributions to medical education made by gifted teachers.
Amount of award: $10,000, $5,000 to institution
Deadline: 5/31/07

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind
http://www.nfid.org/pdf/awards/nominate.pdf
Awarded by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Criteria are based on legislative or administrative contributions, humanitarian service; and or public education activities.
Amount of award: Steuben glass award
Deadline: 5/15/07

Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement
http://www.nfid.org/pdf/awards/nominate.pdf
Awarded by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases; recognizes scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases or public health. Some of the criteria on which selection is based include: excellence in clinical and/or research activities, participation in the training of future leaders in the field, positive impact on the health of humankind.
Deadline: 5/15/07

Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/exhibits/bower/06/SCIeligible.html
Presented in a predetermined field of interest chosen each year by the Franklin Institute. The theme of the 2007 Bower Award for Achievement in Science is Human Centered Computing.
Amount of award: $250,000
Deadline: 5/31/07

Ilse & Helmut Wachter Award
http://www.wachterstiftung.org/engl/indexe.htm
The Ilse & Helmut-Wachter-Foundation of the Innsbruck Medical University gives this award for exceptional scientific achievements in all fields of medicine and is open to scientists of all nationalities.
Amount of award: Euro 15,000
Deadline: 5/31/07

Prince Mahidol Award
http://www.princeaward.mahidol.ac.th/prince-award.html
One award for outstanding performance and/or research in the field of medicine for the benefit of mankind, and the other for outstanding contribution in the field of public health for the sake of the well-being of the people.
Amount of award: $100,000
Deadline: 5/31/07

Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health
http://www.iom.edu/sarnat
The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health is awarded annually to individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health services, research, or public policy. The aim of the Sarnat Award is to recognize contributions to improve understanding or treatment for mental disorders (basic biomedical or clinical research); innovations in mental health services (counseling, clinical care, prevention, amelioration of symptoms, or promotion of mental health); or public policy change that fosters science or improves mental health services.The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health is awarded annually to individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health services, research, or public policy. The aim of the Sarnat Award is to recognize contributions to improve understanding or treatment for mental disorders (basic biomedical or clinical research); innovations in mental health services (counseling, clinical care, prevention, amelioration of symptoms, or promotion of mental health); or public policy change that fosters science or improves mental health services.
Amount of award: $20,000
Deadline: 5/31/07

June

J. Allyn Taylor International Prize
http://www.robarts.ca/gateway.php?id=7
Category changes yearly. Awarded by the Robarts Research Institute, the 2007 Taylor Prize will be granted to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions in the area of Clinical Trials.
Amount of award: $10,000
Deadline: 6/1/07

JULY

Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
http://www.wileyfoundation.org
This prize is intended to recognize contributions that have opened new fields of research, or advanced novel concepts or their applications in a particular biomedical discipline.
Amount of award: $25,000
Deadline: 7/31/07

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