Research Awards Day Nomination Template
Date
Review Committee for Basic and Clinical Research Awards
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Re: Candidate’s Name or Team Name s
Dear members of the review committee:
General Information
Place basic information here to introduce the review committee to your candidate(s). You may mention how long you’ve known the candidate(s), when the candidate(s) came to the institution and other general information. You must indicate the specific award category for which you are nominating your candidate(s). Your candidate(s) must qualif y and meet specific criteria.
Place one (1) check mark by the specific category below for which you are nominating your candidate (s). Note: Y ou must choose between basic or clinical within the Early Career, Mid-Career and Established categor ies.
(Clinical Research is patient-oriented research, including epidemiologic and behavioral studies, outcomes research, and health services research. Patient-oriented research is research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens, and cognitive phenomena) in which a researcher directly interacts with human subjects. It includes research on mechanisms of human disease, therapeutic interventions, clinical trials, and development of new technologies, but does not include in vitro studies that use human tissues that cannot be linked to a living individual.)
CHOOSE ONLY ONE:
I. Early Career Investigator (Assistant Professor)
____a. Basic
____b. Clinical
II. Mid-Career Investigator (Associate Professor)
____a. Basic
____b. Clinical
III. Established Investigator ( Full Professor)
____a. Basic
____b. Clinical
IV. Clinician Investigator (Assistant Professor or Higher )
V. Mentoring Award (Associate Professor or Higher )
VI. Team Science Award
In the following paragraphs elaborate on all of the specific criteria areas outlined in the invitation for nomination letter from the Dean. A nomination letter is incomplete and puts a candidate (s) at a disadvantage , risking disqualification by the committee , if all specific criteria areas are not elaborated upon , if a candidate (s) is nominated for a category for which he or she does not qualify , or if the nomination package is not received by the specified deadline.
Criteria for Early Career Investigator include:
Years at WFS M : minimum of 3 years
A ssistant P rofessor level for at least 3 years
A significant contribution to the field
Originality and independence of thought
Outside recognition
Potential for an outstanding career as a scientist
Criteria for Mid-Career include:
Years at WFS M : minimum of 3 years
A ssociate P rofessor level for at least 3 years
Significan ce of contribution to the field
Originality of the work
Value of the work in shapi ng and furthering the field
Productivity
Nationa l and international recognition
Contributions to the res earch environment of the school
Contri butions as mentor and colleague
Criteria for Established Investigator include:
Years at WF SM : minimum of 3 years
F ull P rofessor level for at least 3 years
Significan ce of contribution to the field
Originality of the work
Value of the work in shaping and furthering the field
Productivity
Nationa l and international recognition
Contributions to the research environment of the school
Contri butions as mentor and colleague
Criteria for Clinician Investigator include:
Years at WFS M : minimum of 3 years
A ssistant P rofessor level or higher for at least 3 years
A significant contribution to the field
Originality and independence of thought
Outside recognition
Collaboration
More than 50% effort devoted to clinical duties
Criteria for Mentoring Award include:
Years at WFS M : minimum of 5 years
Associate Professor or higher level (no minimum # of years required)
We are seeking nominations of individuals who have played a significant role in mentoring faculty in their trajectory in attaining a highly successful status as a researcher in the biomedical sciences.
Criteria for Team Science Award include:
Must be a WF SM faculty member
Exemplary achievement
Include m ulti-disciplinary and multi-departmental team members
Demonstrate a remarkable scientific product that makes an impact
Summary
Here you can summarize your comments and acknowledge that you have enclosed all of the components required for a complete nomination package.
Package Components:
1. A support letter or testimonial (required)
2. NIH style Biographical Sketches (required)
3. Teaching Dossiers (where appropriate)
4. Abstracts (where appropriate)
5. Any other specific items as outlined per category in the nomination memorandum
Sincerely,
Department Chair or Faculty Nominating Candidate
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