Nominations open for the 2024 Seldin~Smith Award for Pioneering Research

The ASCI is pleased to call for nominations for the 2024 Seldin~Smith Award for Pioneering Research. The annual award, accompanied by an unrestricted $30,000 grant to advance academic efforts, honors an early-career physician-scientist who has demonstrated exceptional creativity and accomplishments in biomedical research (see past recipients).

The deadline for receipt of nominations is Monday, November 27, at 11:59 pm Eastern (extended from October 31).

The nominee:

• must be an MD (or the equivalent);
• must be more than 2 years but not more than 6 years from first faculty (or the equivalent) appointment as of April 2024; and
• spends substantial time in research while providing direct patient care.

A nomination must be started by the nominator, who then notifies the nominee to complete her/his part of the nomination. The nominee identifies the supporter of the nomination and notifies that person through the submission site to complete her/his support form.

Nominations will be screened to ensure they are complete and fit the nomination criteria. The Seldin~Smith Award Selection Committee reviews nominations and provides recommendations to the Seldin~Smith Award Advisory Committee to determine the recipient.

The nominator must be an ASCI member in good standing and must start the nomination:

• Access your member account
• Go to the “Nominations” tab, then to the “ASCI / Seldin~Smith Award for Pioneering Research” section
• Select “I’m the nominator” option
• Search for your nominee:
  • If found, click on “Create nomination”
  • If no result is found, provide and save the requested information (first name, last name, and email address), then click on “Create nomination” for the newly created nominee in the “Results” section
• At the top of the nomination form, click on “Send access notification to the nominee at: <email>”
• Provide a 500-word limit statement on the nominee’s most significant achievement
• Submit the statement, which can be done regardless of whether the nominee’s part of the nomination is completed

The nominee receives an email with information to access her/his part of the nomination and then must:

• Provide a birth date and address information
• Provide a summary (100-word limit) of her/his research, followed by a notation of the percentage of time devoted to direct patient care
• Provide detail of:
  • Degrees obtained
  • • Year of first faculty or equivalent appointment
  • Current institutional affiliation
• Upload:
  • Current NIH-style biosketch
  • Three significant publications, each with an annotation (100-word limit)
• Identify the nomination’s supporter and sends notification to the supporter to access her/his support form
• Complete a demographic profile
• Submit this aspect of the nomination, which can be done regardless of whether the nominator or supporter has completed her/his statement

The supporter:

• Does not need to be an ASCI member
• Must be identified and notified by the nominee
• Provides a statement (500-word limit) of the nominee’s research contributions (the statement should be distinct from that of the nominator)