Mid-Career Excellence Award in Blood and Blood Vessel Research

Sponsor

CIHR-ICRH/CSATVB

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Award Details

The CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) and the Canadian Society of Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (CSATVB) have partnered on the 2024 CIHR-ICRH/CSATVB Mid-Career Excellence Award in Blood and Blood Vessel Research. The establishment of this annual partnered award is to recognize an individual's outstanding contribution to the advancement of blood and blood vessels in Canada at the mid-point of their career. The award will be presented to the selected candidate annually at the Canadian Lipid and Vascular Summit (CLVS), where the recipient will give a lecture as part of the scientific program.

The selected candidate will be an outstanding mid-career investigator (at the time of application, has assumed his/her independent research position 6-16 years ago) who has conducted the majority of their research in Canada and has contributed significantly to the advancement of blood and blood vessel sciences in Canada and/or internationally.

The award consists of a $5,000 honorarium in addition to reimbursement of eligible expenses (e.g., travel, accommodations, registration fees) for the recipient to attend CLVS 2024 and to deliver a lecture on a research topic relevant to a broad research audience.

Nominations will be assessed against the following evaluation criteria:

  1. Impact of nominee's research on blood and/or blood vessel sciences both in Canada and internationally; extent to which the nominee has contributed significantly to the advancement of blood sciences both in Canada and internationally (e.g., important/key research results or findings) over the last ten years.
  2. Relevance/application/impact of nominee's research to a clinical outcomes, new IP, or other important breakthroughs in the field of blood and blood vessel sciences.
  3. Demonstrated strength and reputation of the proposed nominee in the field of blood and/or blood vessel sciences in Canada and internationally.
  4. Impact of the nominee's mentorship and training environment on the development of early career scientists and other highly qualified personnel in Canada and internationally.

Note: This award asks for two support letters, one of which must be signed by the Office of the Dean. 

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