PICR Early Career Research Achievement Award

Early Career Research Achievement Award

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

Purpose:

The Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) recognizes research that goes beyond the candidate’s dissertation and demonstrates clear scientific/scholarly contributions as a result of work completed while a PICR member. For the Early Career Research Achievement Award, the PICR seeks candidates who have demonstrated impact on their field.

Criteria:

Tenure-track, assistant professors who have been on faculty at Purdue for at least two years prior to nomination. A faculty member can only be recognized for this award once. Any PICR member can submit a nomination for this award.

Nomination procedure: 

1. Nominations should be submitted as a single PDF file here by February 27, 2026.
2. The PICR Executive Committee 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. Nominees CV
7. A second letter of support from either another PICR member or one external cancer
8. If an external letter of support, a one-paragraph description or a website link with the credentials of the external reviewer

Deadline: The nomination packet can be submitted here as a single PDF file by February 27, 2026.

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:
• Rank:
• Program:
• Date