Nominations for the 2018 season will begin in Fall 2018.

2017 award recipients and their nominators at a January 2018 luncheon are pictured above.

The School of Medicine Research Staff Awards are given each year to honor exemplary staff members across the research enterprise including Research Assistants, Senior Research Specialists, Research Nurses, and Research Support Staff. Their contributions to research are unmatched and invaluable to the science conducted at Vanderbilt. Candidates are nominated by faculty members with whom they work most closely.

Awardees are selected by the VU-VUMC joint faculty review committee. An awards luncheon in honor of the winners is held each January.

Awards given each year:

• Edward E. Price Jr. Award for Basic Research – recognizes excellence in conducting basic research

• Vivien Thomas Award for Clinical Research – recognizes excellence in conducting clinical research

• Contributing to Multi-Investigator Teams – recognizes excellence in research contributing to multi-disciplinary teams​

Eligibility:

Eligible staff include: Research Assistants I, II, & III; Senior Research Specialists; Research Nurses, Research Support Staff, or any staff member who provides exemplary research support. Faculty members, research fellows, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students are not eligible.

Nomination Instructions:

Nominations should be sent electronically via a single PDF to megan.smallwood@vanderbilt.edu.

Nomination packages must include, in the following order:

• a completed nomination form
• a nomination letter (completed by nominator)
• at minimum one, and at most three, accompanying support letters 
• the nominee's CV

For more information regarding eligibility or the nomination process, please contact Megan Smallwood.

Research Staff Awards History