General Research Grant Funded by the Van Slyke Foundation General Information The general research grant is for Van Slyke Foundation (VSF) and is targeted to clinical laboratorians who need limited research funds to explore new ideas in areas where funds are not normally available. Applications are due by March 15, for projects starting after June 1 of the same year. How to Apply Complete the Application for AACC Van Slyke Foundation Research Grants. Applications will be evaluated using the following scientific criteria: Originality Scope Scientific significance; Soundness of research plan; Degree of achievability; Potential for the project to lead to further exploration beyond grant period; and Transferability of research findings to actual practice. Administrative criteria used will include: Degree to which the research proposal is critical to the career of the applicant; Degree to which AACC funding is critical to the start of the project; Adequacy of the facility proposed; and Satisfactory budget. Preference for research grants will be given to young investigators.
Submit one original and five copies of your application to: Michele Horwitz Membership Director AACC 1850 K Street, NW, Suite 625 Washington, DC 20006-2213 Questions? If you still have questions about the VSF Research Grant, email the Membership Director, Michele Horwitz or call her at (800) 892-1400 ext. 1723 or (202) 835-8723.
George Grannis Award for Excellence in Research and Scientific Publication.This award consists of a plaque and a $1000 honorarium. All current and past students in undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral clinical chemistry training programs who were enrolled sometime during the three-year period prior to the year of the award will be considered candidates for this award. The student must have published a paper indexed in Index Medicus during this same time period. Names of students from ComACC-accredited programs may be submitted by the program director. Names of students from non-ComACC-accredited programs may be submitted by their mentors. The NACB Awards Committee will select the awardee based on the most outstanding published scientific paper.
The National Academy of Clinical BiochemistryAs the Academy of AACC, NACB’s mission is to elevate the science and practice of clinical laboratory medicine by promoting research, education, and professional development in clinical biochemistry. Through its annual awards program, NACB celebrates the achievements of colleagues who have made significant contributions through scholarship and service to the profession.
NACB Annual Awards - Nominations Due December 13, annually.Nominations may be submitted in writing or by email to:Elizabeth Frank, PhD, FACBMedical Directors AreaARUP Laboratories/Univ. of Utah500 Chipeta WaySalt Lake City, UT84108-1221801-583-2787 2087801-584-5207e.frank@aruplab.com
Outstanding Contributions in Education The award consists of a plaque and a $5,000 cash award. This award recognizes an individual who has devoted a major portion of his/her professional life to enhancing the practice and profession of clinical chemistry through education. The educator selected for this award has made significant, innovative, and/or cumulatively outstanding contributions to education in clinical laboratory science. These contributions should include excellence in education beyond the local level, with widespread recognition of the recipient's excellence which may include teaching, directing, mentoring, writing, and speaking abilities, ideally to multiple levels of audiences. Sponsor: Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly, VA
AACC Awards Program Michele Horwitz AACC Membership Program Director 1850 K Street NW - Suite 625 Washington, DC 20006-2213 (phone) 202-835-8723 or 800-892-1400 x1723 (fax) 202-835-8723 mhorwitz@aacc.org
Outstanding Contributions in a Selected Area of Research The award consists of a plaque and a $5,000 cash award. This award recognizes especially meritorious research contributions by an individual in a specific area of clinical chemistry. The clinical chemists who have received this award have achieved national and international status for their pioneering efforts in an area of research considered fundamental to the science and have been considered among the world’s foremost experts in that specific discipline. Sponsor: Olympus America Inc., Diagnostic Systems Group, Center Valley, PA
International Travel Fellowship The award consists of a plaque and a $5,000 cash travel award. This award provides a well-recognized, widely experienced clinical chemist with the opportunity to promote the profession of clinical chemistry internationally or to raise the quality of clinical chemistry as it is practiced there. The recipient of this award is expected to travel to specific countries outside his or her own to teach, lecture, consult, or provide other assistance to hospitals, laboratories, universities, or other health organizations. This award differs from the International Travel Grants, which support travel by international scientists to AACC's Annual Meeting. For information on how to apply for an International Travel Grant, click here. Sponsor: BD Diagnostics, Preanalytical Systems, Franklin Lakes, NJ
AACC Lectureship Award The award consists of a plaque and a $10,000 cash award. This award recognizes an outstanding individual whose efforts have had a profound effect on the field of clinical chemistry, laboratory medicine or healthcare. The effect may have been achieved through excellence in basic or clinical research, preventive medicine, medical economics or health administration. Because the awardee will present a plenary lecture at the AACC Annual Meeting, the ideal candidate is an individual who is one of the top scientists in the field; one who attracts national attention; one who is considered to have made basic yet significant contributions to the science; and one who is an outstanding lecturer. Sponsor: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Deerfield, IL
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