AWARDS

Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award

In honor of Rita Schaffer, former BMES Executive Director, the Society established the Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award in 2000. Rita  Schaffer gift's of her estate, along with contributions from her family, friends, and associates, has enable BMES to create this award.

The Young Investigator Award is offered each year to stimulate research careers in biomedical engineering. The recipient will present a 20-minute Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Lecture, and to publish the text of the lecture in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering.  The awardees must be within 5 years of receiving his/her highest degree that summarizes the innovation and impact of the nominee’s research.   Applications must include a curriculum vita, a single manuscript published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, no more than 2 years prior to the deadline for application, and confidential letters by two recognized authorities in the field of work, neither of whom is associated with the institution at which the work was completed.  

BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award Recipients:

2011 - Jordan Green, PhD - Johns Hopkins University

2010 - Cynthia Reinhart-King, PhD - Cornell University

2009 - Jonathan T. Butcher, PhD - Cornell University

2008 - Adam Engler, PhD - University of Califoria San Diego

2007 - Michael R. Diehl, PhD - Rice University

2006 - Kaven A. Janes, PhD - University of Virginia

2005 - Jan P. Stegemann, PhD - University of Michigan

2004 -  Shayn M. Peirce, PhD - University of Virginia

2003 - Melissa J. Mahoney, - University of Colorado

2002 - Thomas J. Webster, PhD - Brown University

2001 - Melody A. Swartz, PhD - Northwestern University

2000 - David V. Schaffer, PhD - University to California at Berkeley

Conditions:

  1. Application form, nominee’s curriculum vita, confidential letters by two recognized authorities in the field of the work, neither of whom associated with the institution at which the work was not completed nor a co-author on the paper, attesting to the significance of the investigation described in the manuscript.
  2. The award is in recognition of high level of originality and ingenuity in a scientific work in biomedical engineering.  The awardee must be within 5 years of receiving his or her highest degree.   (5 years at the time of application deadline).
  3. Because selection of the awardee will largely be based on the review of a single published paper describing original work, if the candidate is not the sole author of the manuscript, she/he must be the first or senior author and the manuscript must be accompanied by a letter from the first or senior co-author attesting to the role of each contributor in design, execution and authoring the manuscript.
  4. The applicant must be a BMES Member in good standing.

The award consists of a plaque, a complimentary registration for the annual meeting, a $1,000 check and travel expenses up to $1,000. 

Please fill out the application form and attached all necessary documents and submit it to BMES by May 31st.  Electronic submission is strongly recommended.  Please email regina@bmes.org with any questions.