The University of Pennsylvania has been invited to nominate two PhD students for the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation in biomedicine, broadly defined. See the following flier for this year's announcement.
Penn coordinates an internal competition. The deadline for the internal competition is February 4, 2024, 12:00 PM EST. PhD students who believe -- in conjunction with their PI -- that they would be competitive applicants are encouraged to apply.
To be considered for Penn nomination, applicants must email to provost-ed@upenn.edu:
- Curriculum Vitae
- 2-page single-spaced description of the applicant’s “dream research idea” in the field of Biomedical Science
- Applicants must also request a letter of recommendation from your Penn faculty advisor, to be mailed by the recommender directly to provost-ed@upenn.edu
All application materials, including the recommender’s letter, must be received by February 4, 2024. A faculty selection committee will select Penn’s two nominees and the Provost’s Office will submit the Penn nominees to Regeneron.
Applicants should not submit the application directly to Regeneron. If you have questions, please contact Anita Mastroieni at provost-ed@upenn.edu.
View full guidelines for the Regeneron Prize here.
Two important additional notes:
1 - The proposed work should be entirely original, and therefore not an extension of the applicant’s current work, or that of the applicant’s PI. While such work is of value, this prize seeks to reward original thinking, and therefore we will penalize entries that are simple extensions of current efforts.
2 - The Selection Committee will review proposals not only based on scientific merit but also on creativity and originality. The Committee is looking for novel work that is clearly different from applicants’ current and previous work. To judge novelty, Committee members may search for and review publications from applicants’ current labs, applicants’ previous publications, and applicants’ previous grant applications.
Note: The University can also nominate two Postdoctoral Fellows. Contact James McGonigle at jmcgon@upenn.edu in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research for details on the postdoc competition.
Contact Information
curf-ncf@curf.upenn.edu for PhD student applicants
Josie Rook for postdoctoral applicants
Details:
Location
USA
Type
Research
Eligibility
Graduate Student