Astellas USA Foundation Awards
administered by the American Chemical Society
Call for Nominations for Astellas USA Foundation Awards
The ACS is soliciting nominations for three grants of $30,000 each, funded by the Astellas USA Foundation’s Astellas Awards Program. Individuals or teams who exemplify the criterion of having significantly contributed to scientific research that improved public health through their contributions in the chemical and related sciences are eligible to apply.
Nominations should include a brief description explaining why the nominee should be considered for the award, specifically indentifying the contribution to public health which has resulted from the nominee’s work, a list of publications and/or patents demonstrating the impact of the research, a biographical sketch of the nominee, and two letters of support from scientific colleagues familiar with the nominee’s work.
Purpose: To identify three individuals or teams who exemplify the criterion of having significantly contributed to scientific research that improved public health through their contributions in the chemical and related sciences.
Nature: Award consists of $30,000 per individual or team. The winner(s) will be asked to speak at a symposium during the 2010 ACS Fall National Meeting in Boston, MA.
Establishment and Support: Astellas USA Foundation awarded the American Chemical Society a grant to issue three awards beginning in 2008.
Deadline: October 1, 2009 to Award Selection
2008 Award Recipients:
- Joseph M.D. Fortunak, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Howard University.
- Rolande R. Hodel, President, AIDSfreeAFRICA.
- Robert E. Sievers, Professor, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado.
2007 Award Recipients:
- Harold (Barry) Dellinger, Patrick F. Taylor Chair of Environmental Chemistry at Louisiana State University.
- Shahriar Mobashery, Navari Family Professor in Life Sciences in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame.
- Esther S. Takeuchi, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the State University of New York, Buffalo.