Nominations for the 2018 Research Staff Awards are now closed. Award winners will be announced in Spring 2019.

Presenters and 2017 SOM Research Staff Awards recipients, from left: Lawrence Marnett, PhD, Deborah Myers, CCRP, Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, Rob Taylor, Paul Harris, PhD, Lisa Rogers, David Aronoff, MD, and Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD. (photo by Anne Rayner)
 

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, Core Facility Managers, Core Research Assistants, 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 year in the spring semester.

Awards given each year:

• Edward E. Price Jr. Award for Basic Research – recognizing excellence in conducting basic research
  Learn more about Mr. Price
   

• Vivien Thomas Award for Clinical Research – recognizing excellence in conducting clinical research
  Learn more about Dr. Thomas
   

• Contributing to Multi-Investigator Teams – recognizing 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: 

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

 If you have any questions, please contact Anna Haase at anna-sofia.haase@vumc.org or 615-875-7529.

Past Research Staff Award Recipients