PICR Career Research Achievement Award

Career Research Achievement Award

Key dates
Announcement:	December 2, 2025
Submission due:	February 27, 2026

Purpose:

The Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) seeks to recognize strong scientific/scholarly contributions as a result of work completed in their role as a PICR member. For the Career Research Achievement Award, the PICR seeks candidates who have demonstrated a sustained and significant impact on their field and national and international recognition for their work.

Criteria: 

Tenured Full professors are eligible and the nominee must have been on faculty for at least three years prior to the nomination.

Nomination procedure: 

1. Nominations should be submitted as a single PDF file here by February 27, 2026.
2. The Senior Leadership team will serve as the selection committee.
3. The nomination must include in the following order:
4. Cover page (template below)
5. Letter of nomination
6. CV
7. Letter of support from one other reference, either another PICR member or a cancer research external to Purdue.
8. If an external reviewer, a one-paragraph description or a website link with the credentials of the external reviewer

Recognition: The awardee will be announced at the Spring Awards Ceremony and will receive a monetary award of $1,000 and a plaque.

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Nomination cover page template

Nominee information:

• Name:
• Program:
• Current rank:
• Years in current rank:
• Email:

Nominator information:

• Name of nominator:
• Department:
• Email:
• Date of nomination: