Nominations for the 2019 Prize are now open. Submissions are due September 30, 2018. 

 

The winner of the 2018 Vanderbilt Prize will be announced in October 2018.

The winner of the 2019 Vanderbilt Prize will be announced in February 2019.

 

About the Vanderbilt Prize:

Vanderbilt Prize winners are women who have made significant contributions to the science of medicine. At Vanderbilt, we believe that for society to benefit from biomedical research, we must engage women in basic and clinical investigation, nurture their careers, and attract the most capable individuals. We created the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science to honor and recognize a woman scientist of national reputation who has a stellar record of research accomplishments and is known for her mentorship of women in science. The Vanderbilt Prize winner also nurtures the career, research, and studies of a promising woman beginning her PhD studies at Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. The prize recipient gives a lecture at Vanderbilt, will serve as a mentor to the Vanderbilt Prize Scholar, and receives an honorarium.

 

Eligibility:

Nominees for the Vanderbilt Prize must be women scientists in any area of basic or clinical research or clinical practice. The nominee must have a national reputation, a stellar record of research accomplishments, and must be an active mentor of other women in science. We encourage nominators to consider women of underrepresented populations when selecting a nominee.

Nomination Process:

There is no limit to the number of qualified women scientists an institution may nominate. The nomination packet must be completed and received via email by September 30, 2018 to the address below. A complete nomination packet must include the following (as one .pdf) in the order listed below:

• Completed nomination form (download template here)

• A letter of nomination from the nominee’s department chair or dean

• One letter of recommendation from a distinguished peer in basic or clinical research or in clinical practice

• Nominee’s complete CV

 If you have any questions, or if you'd like to submit your nomination, please contact Amy Martinez at amy.f.martinez@vumc.org or at (615) 875-0740.

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Congratulations to the 2017 recipient of the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, Dr. Lynne Maquat!

Lynne Maquat, Ph.D., is the J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. She is founding director of the university's Center for RNA Biology and founding chair of the Graduate Women in Science Mentoring Program. Read her full bio here. Dr. Maquat will visit Vanderbilt and deliver a Flexner Discovery Lecture as she accepts the Vanderbilt Prize on November 29, 2018.

 

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Prize Recipients

 

2016
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

See a video of Dr. Fuchs' Vanderbilt Prize lecture, Stem Cells in Science, Action, and Cancer, as a part of the Flexner Discovery Lecture Series held on March 30, 2017, at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall.

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