Office of Research
Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists 2016
The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists recognize the country’s most promising faculty-rank researchers in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. One Blavatnik Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds. Nominees and their work as independent investigators will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Quality: The extent to which the work is reliable, valid, credible, and scientifically rigorous.
- Impact: The extent to which the work addresses an important problem and is influential in the nominee’s field.
- Novelty: The extent to which the work challenges existing paradigms, employs new methodologies or concepts, and/or pursues an original question.
- Promise: Future prospects in the nominee’s field and potential for further significant contributions to science.
The three categories are:
Life Sciences category
Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology
Clinical Medicine
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Developmental Biology
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics & Genomics
Immunology & Microbiology
Marine Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Systems Biology
Physical Sciences & Engineering category
Applied Mathematics
Astrophysics & Cosmology
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical Engineering
Geology & Geophysics
Materials Science & Nanotechnology
Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering
Nuclear & Particle Physics
Plasma Physics
Theoretical Physics
Chemistry category
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Chemical Biology
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Chemistry & Biogeochemistry
Green Chemistry
Inorganic & Solid-State Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Synthetic Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Eligibility Requirements
Nominees must:
- Have been born in or after 1974.
- Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
- Currently hold a faculty position at an invited institution in the United States (the UW is an invited institution)
- Currently conduct research as a principal investigator in one of the disciplinary categories in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemistry.
Previously nominated individuals who were not selected as Laureates in past Awards cycles may be nominated again. The Blavatnik Awards welcomes nominations from underrepresented groups in science and engineering.
Application Instructions
Please submit:
- a two-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach, and into which category the proposal falls
- Biosketch or CV of the PI
- A letter of support from the Dean or Chair. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally
To research@uw.edu before 5:00PM Thursday 10/1/15. Final nominations are due to the sponsor 11/18/15.
Inquiries and Contact Information
Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.
For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.