Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Investigation

The $20,000 Judson Daland Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in patient-oriented research. The prize will be awarded at the meeting of the American Philosophical Society in November 2008. The Society reserves the right to award a shared prize.

Eligibility

Nominees must have done their work in an institution in the United States. Nominees need not, however, be citizens of the United States. Nominees should be no more than 15 years beyond receipt of the M.D. degree.

Nomination

Candidates must be nominated by the chair of a clinical department of a medical school or hospital located in the United States. The nominator must submit an abstract of the work to be honored, together with the CV and bibliography of the nominee; see details below. A letter from the nominator must make clear the patient-oriented nature of the investigation.

Collate materials as follows:

• Cover page, headed: DALAND PRIZE 2008 nomination submitted on [date]
  • Full name of nominee, last name in capital letters
  • Address, telephone number, email of nominee
  • Date M.D. degree conferred
  • Name of institution where work was performed
  • Brief title of work; indicate discipline (e.g., pediatrics, internal medicine, etc.)
  • Name, address, telephone number of nominator
  • 50-word summary of the major achievements of the nominee
• Abstract of the work to be honored, not to exceed two typed pages (500 words)
    last name of nominee in upper left of each page
• CV and list of ten publications by the nominee; last name in upper left of each page; NO MORE THAN 3 PAGES
• Letter from nominator, stating the patient-oriented nature of the investigation

THREE ADDITIONAL LETTERS of support for the nominee must be sent separately to the Society. No more than one of these three supporting letters should be from a person at the same institution as the nominee.

Deadline

Nominations and all three letters of support must be received by March 15, 2008.

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