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Applications are now open for the Canada Gairdner International Award 2025. This is an award for outstanding researchers whose unique scientific contributions have increased the understanding of human biology and disease.
Opportunity Details
The Canada Gairdner International Award recognizes outstanding researchers whose unique scientific contributions have increased the understanding of human biology and disease.
The Gairdner Foundation invites the scientific community to nominate qualified researchers for this Award. Nominations in the field of translational research are welcome. The award is intended for seminal bodies of work, not cumulative lifetime achievement.
Quality nominations are essential to the evaluation process. Packages should be accurate, current, and complete throughout the five year period of consideration. The nomination portal is open each year from mid-April – October 1 for edits, changes or additions by nominators.
Live online information and Q&A sessions are available May-September for those interested in the award and nomination. Please register for a session here or connect with Sarah Devonshire.
A video presentation on the awards and the nomination process is also available HERE.
KEY DATES
Nominations for the 2025 International and Global Health Awards are due by 11:59 pm PDT on October 1, 2024.
Nominations for the 2025 Momentum Awards are due by 11:59 pm PDT on July 15, 2024.
This are strict deadlines. Nominations received after this date will be considered for the following year.
The 2025 recipients will be announced in March/April 2025, and presented in October of 2025.
International Award winners receive a $100 000 prize, award citation and medal. They take part in Gairdner Week events and the annual Awards Gala in late October of each year, presenting and celebrating their awarded work.
A nominee for this award...
Is an exceptional, research-focused scientific investigator who has transformed the understanding of human biology and disease
Has produced a distinct body of scientific research contributions, rather than a cumulative lifetime of work Can be co-nominated with equal contributors to the body of work or those who have made parallel discoveries.
Who chooses the awardees?
The Medical Review Panel, primarily Canadian researchers representing the breadth and diversity of the Canadian research community, evaluates the pool of eligible nominations and elevates a list of leading candidates to the Medical Advisory Board (MAB) for further review. MAB members, leading international researchers in biomedical science, including major institutional leaders and past Gairdner Laureates, then undertake a thorough review and discussion process for each elevated nomination. The final decision is made by blind ballot vote.
Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Nomination Elements
Apply for The Canada Gairdner International Award 2025 for Outstanding Researchers