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Thursday, August 1, 2013

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Accepting Nominations for 2014 Dickson Prize in Medicine

About the Dickson Prize in Medicine

The Dickson Prize in Medicine—the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s highest honor—is awarded annually to an American biomedical researcher who has made significant, progressive contributions to medicine.
The Dickson Prize often presages other major accolades. Since 1970-71, the first year the prize was awarded, 11 Dickson winners have won Nobel Prizes. Likewise, the Lasker Award, the most prestigious American honor for medical research, has gone to 14 investigators the same year they won the Dickson Prize or soon thereafter.

The Dickson Prize is for investigators who are at especially productive points in their careers and whose research is, or will be, so influential that it deserves major recognition.
Winners of the prize receive a medal, a $50,000 honorarium, and travel expenses to Pitt to accept the award and present the keynote lecture during the University’s annual campus-wide showcase of scientific research. During the prizewinner’s two-day visit to Pitt, he or she also participates in scientific activities and meets informally with students, postdoctoral fellows, and other investigators.
The Dickson Prize in Medicine was one of two prizes established by the estates of Joseph Z. Dickson and his wife, Agnes Fischer Dickson. The Dickson Prize in Science is awarded each year by Carnegie Mellon University.

Nomination Process for the 2014 Dickson Prize has Opened

To nominate someone for the 2014 Dickson Prize in Medicine, please submit (1) a completednomination form, (2) a letter of nomination with a detailed description of the research accomplishments that qualify the nominee for this award (see guidelines below), and (3) a copy of the nominee’s current curriculum vitae (CV). All nomination materials must be submitted electronically on this Web site. Nominations will not be accepted by mail. All three items must be submitted by the deadline for the nomination to be considered.

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