Upcoming Deadlines for September and October

SEPTEMBER

The Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/scientific-achievement-awards/pezcoller-aacr-international-award.aspx
Recognizes individuals who have made a major scientific discovery in basic cancer research OR who have made significant contributions to translational cancer research.
Amount of award: $75,000
Deadline: 9/15/10

John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/tylerprize/
Prizes are awarded for any one of the following: the protection, maintenance, improvement or understanding of an ecological or an environmental condition anywhere in the world; the discovery, further development, improvement, or understanding of known or new sources of energy; medical discoveries or achievement with such worldwide implications that they significantly benefit environmental aspects of human health. Self nominations are not accepted.
Amount of award: $200,000
Deadline: 9/15/10

March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/691_1442.asp
Awarded to investigators whose research has profoundly advanced the science that underlies our understanding of birth defects.
Amount of award: $250,000
Deadline: 9/15/10

InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize
http://www.inbevbailletlatour.com/index.cfm?ee=3|336
Category changes yearly. The 2011 theme is "Infectious Diseases". The Prize is awarded to a scientist active in biomedical research and/or its practical applications for human health.
Amount of award: Euro 150,000
Deadline: 9/30/10

OCTOBER
Gairdner Foundation International Award
The Awards are for basic biomedical and clinical research and recognize and reward individuals whose seminal discoveries and major scientific contributions constitute tangible and significant achievement in biomedical sciences
Amount of award: $30,000CN
Deadline: 10/1/10

Dickson Prize in Medicine
http://www.dicksonprize.pitt.edu/
Awarded by the University of Pittsburgh to the leading American investigator in biomedical research. Strong preference for researchers doing pioneering, paradigm-shifting work that is not yet highly rewarded as it undoubtedly will be someday.
Amount of award: $50,000
Deadline: 10/05/10

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