VUMC Limited Submission Opportunity: 2019 Takeda Innovators in Science Award -- Regenerative Medicine
These instructions are for VUMC investigators. VU investigators should apply through InfoReady.
Overview:
VUMC may nominate 1 Early Career Scientist and 1 Senior Scientist in a field of Regenerative Medicine for the 2019 Innovators in Science Award, sponsored by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and administered by the New York Academy of Sciences. This year’s award competition is focused on the therapeutic area of Regenerative Medicine. Awardees will receive $200,000.
Each nominee will be evaluated based on the quality of their research, the impact of their research on human health, the novelty of their ideas and methods and the promise they show for future contributions to their field. Full guidelines and review criteria are found on the program website.
Eligibility Criteria:
Note: Individuals in receipt of current or prior research support from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, or its affiliates, are not eligible for nomination.
Early Career Scientist nominees must…
- Currently hold a junior level Post-doctoral or Faculty position.
- Have been engaged in active research for a length of time of 10 years or less since gaining their doctorate degree
- Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
- Have made impactful research contributions and show exceptional promise for significant future achievement in one of the regenerative medicine sub-disciplines (below).
Senior Scientist nominees must…
- Currently hold a senior level Faculty position.
- Have been engaged in active research for a length of time of 11 years or longer since gaining their doctorate degree
- Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
- Have made multiple, extensive, and impactful research contributions to advance one of the regenerative medicine sub-disciplines (below).
Regenerative Medicine Sub-Disciplines:
• Adipose, Musculoskeletal, and Connective Tissue
• Cancers
• Cardiac Tissue
• Chromatin and Epigenetics
• Clinical Trials and Regenerative Medicine Interventions
• Endothelial Cells and Hemangioblasts
• Epithelial Tissues
• Ethical, Legal and Social Issues; Education and Outreach
• Eye and Retina
• Germline, Early Embryo and Totipotency
• Hematopoiesis and Immunology
• Neural Development and Regeneration
• Neural Disease and Degeneration
• Organoids
• Pancreas, Liver, Kidney, Gut
• Pluripotency
• Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation
• Pluripotent Stem Cell: Disease Modeling
• Reprogramming
• Stem Cell Niches
• Technologies for Stem Cell Research
• Tissue Engineering
• Other
Internal Review Process:
Please submit the following (in a single PDF) to LSO@vanderbilt.edu by Monday, April 2. Contact LSO@vanderbilt.edu with any questions.
- Nominee’s Sub-Discipline of Regenerative Medicine (see list above)
- Rationale for Nomination (200 words). Rationale should be provided by the award nominator, e.g. department chair or center director.
- CV of nominee (4 pages)
- Research Summary (1,000 words)
- Future Research Plan (500 words) *required for Early Career Scientist nominees only