Blavatnik Family Foundation

Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists 2024-2025

Limit: 3* // Available: 1

Each institution may submit up to three nominations, one in each disciplinary category: 

  1. Life Sciences Limit: 1 // Available: 0
    H. Ding (Pharmacy Practice and Science)
  2. Physical Sciences & Engineering Limit: 1 // Available: 0
    T. Adegbija (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
  3. Chemical Sciences Limit: 1 // Available: 1
     

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. 

Research Category
Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
12/04/2024
Solicitation Type

US National Awards: Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists


Provides $250,000 in unrestricted funds to one Laureate in each disciplinary category (Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry). Interested participants must hold a doctorate degree and a faculty position at an invited institution (other conditions apply, see the Eligibility category). This is a limited solicitation, view the RDS Limited Solicitation Calendar for additional information on how to apply. Nominations due mid-November annually.

Opportunity ID
bae2d051-bc96-4602-98ee-d1d75de8f0f3
External Deadline
11/29/2025(Anticipated)

Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Provides $250,000 in unrestricted funds to one Laureate in each disciplinary category (Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry). Interested participants must hold a doctorate degree and a faculty position at an invited institution (other conditions apply, see the Eligibility category). This is a limited solicitation, view the RDS Limited Solicitation Calendar for additional information on how to apply.

Funding Type
Internal Deadline
External Deadline
11/15/2017