Upcoming Deadlines for May and June and July


MAY

AAMC

Abraham Flexner Award
Awarding extraordinary contributions to the medical education community.
Amount of award: $10,000
Deadline: 5/05/06

The Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences Honors outstanding biomedical research related to health and disease.
Amount of award: $5,000
Deadline: 5/05/06

The David E. Rogers Award
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: 5/05/06

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: 5/31/05

Steven C. Beering Award
(Indiana University School of Medicine)
Honors an internationally recognized individual for outstanding research contributions to the advancement of biomedical or clinical science. Contact Office of the Dean, 317-274-8157 (Jan Walther)
Amount of award: $10,000
Deadline: 5/10/06

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind
http://www.nfid.org/docs/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: 5/15/06

Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement
http://www.nfid.org/docs/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: 5/15/06

Komen Foundation Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction
http://www.komen.org/intradoc-cgi/idc_cgi_isapi.dll?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&
nodeId= 560
Recognizes outstanding work that has advanced basic research concepts, or affected clinical or social-behavioral applications in the field of breast cancer research, screening, treatment or prevention. The intent is to recognize scholars for a specific contribution, a consistent pattern of contributions, or leadership in the field that has had a substantial impact on breast cancer.
Amount of award: $20,000
Deadline: 5/19/06

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: 5/31/06

Prince Mahidol Award
http://kanchanapisek.or.th/pmaf/rule/index.en.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 peoples.
Amount of award: $100,000
Deadline: 5/31/06

Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/28312/32015/12473.aspx
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: 5/31/06

JUNE
There are no prize opportunity deadlines in June.

JULY

Marion Spencer Fay Award
http://www.drexel.edu/med/iwhl/year.asp
The Award goes annually to a woman physician or scientist who has made an exceptionally significant contribution to health care as a practitioner, medical educator, administrator or research scientist. Awarded by the Drexel University College of Medicine Institute for Women's Health and Leadership.
Amount of award: $10,000
Deadline: 7/01/06

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: 7/31/06

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