Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists 2024-2025
U of A can submit up to three nominations, one in each disciplinary category of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemical Sciences.
One Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds, and additional nominees will be recognized as Finalists.
The nominee must:
- Have been born in or after 1982.
- Hold a doctorate degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).
- Currently hold a tenured or tenure-track academic faculty position, or equivalent, at an invited institution in the United States.
- Currently conduct research as a principal investigator in one of the disciplinary categories in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemical Sciences.
The Blavatnik Awards strongly encourages all those submitting nominations to the Awards--including institutional nominators, Scientific Advisory Council members, and past Blavatnik Awards Laureates--to diversify the population of candidates nominated for this Award.
Non-winning nominees from prior Blavatnik Awards nomination cycles are eligible to be re-nominated by their institutions as one of their three nominees, provided they still meet all eligibility requirements.
Please contact Marie Teemant, Associate, Honors & Awards, for assistance with this nomination. This nomination is "open" and on a first-come-first-serve basis.