Application Deadline: October 1, 2024.
Applications are now open for the 2025 Canada Gairdner International Award.
The Canada Gairdner International Award recognizes outstanding researchers whose unique scientific contributions have increased the understanding of human biology and disease.
The Gairdner Foundation invites the scientific community to nominate qualified researchers for this Award. Nominations in the field of translational research are welcome. The award is intended for seminal bodies of work, not cumulative lifetime achievement.
Quality nominations are essential to the evaluation process. Packages should be accurate, current, and complete throughout the five year period of consideration. The nomination portal is open each year from mid-April – October 1 for edits, changes or additions by nominators.
Nomination Elements
- NOMINEE DETAILS: Contact and basic professional information CITATION (Max. 150 words): 1-2 sentence statement identifying nominee’s distinct body of research.
- RESEARCH SUMMARY (Max. 1000 words): Summary of nominee’s nominated scientific body of work
- TOP FIVE: Top 5 publications related to the research summary, with a brief summary of the impact/importance
- SHORT CV: 10-20 pages
- NOMINEE IN CONTEXT (Max. 1000 words): Contextualize the nominee’s body of work, including: Impact on the trajectory or foundational understanding of their field, Other significant contributors or potential co-nominees for the work highlighted in the nomination Clarification of their individual contributions within collaborative projects and publications.
- LETTERS OF EVALUATION (3-5 letters, 2-3 pgs): Letter writers should be familiar with the field, be able to provide objective evaluations of the candidate and their body of work, not just an endorsement, and should represent a range of stakeholders in the nominee’s professional sphere.
Benefits
- International Award winners receive a $100 000 prize, award citation and medal. They take part in Gairdner Week events and the annual Awards Gala in late October of each year, presenting and celebrating their awarded work.
Application Timeline:
- Nominations for the 2025 International and Global Health Awards are due by 11:59 pm PDT on October 1, 2024.
- Nominations for the 2025 Momentum Awards are due by 11:59 pm PDT on July 15, 2024.
- The 2025 recipients will be announced in March/April 2025, and presented in October of 2025.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Canada Gairdner International Award
