2022 Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award |
About:
The Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award, previously named BMES Distinguished Lecture Award and sponsored by the Whitaker Foundation, was founded in 1991 to recognize biomedical engineering achievement.
This award is BMES's premier recognition. Each year, the Society bestows this prestigious award to individuals who have demonstrated impactful leadership and accomplishments in biomedical engineering science and practice. The award recipient will have the opportunity to deliver a plenary lecture at the BMES Annual Meeting in the fall and publish an article in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering. The lecture should critically review a field within biomedical engineering and offer a vision for its future.
Application Requirements:
1. The applicant's CV (not to exceed ten pages).
2. A letter describing the nominee's service to biomedical engineering through significant contributions within academia, industry, or government settings.
Note: The awardee's contributions are not required to precede the award date by a specific amount of time.
3. Letter(s) of support, but no more than five.
4. The nominee must be a BMES member in good standing.
Award Rubric:
To view the award rubric, please click here.
ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JUNE 30, 2021. Incomplete or late submissions will not be considered.
Questions? Please contact katherine@bmes.org.
The Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award, previously named BMES Distinguished Lecture Award and sponsored by the Whitaker Foundation, was founded in 1991 to recognize biomedical engineering achievement.
This award is BMES's premier recognition. Each year, the Society bestows this prestigious award to individuals who have demonstrated impactful leadership and accomplishments in biomedical engineering science and practice. The award recipient will have the opportunity to deliver a plenary lecture at the BMES Annual Meeting in the fall and publish an article in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering. The lecture should critically review a field within biomedical engineering and offer a vision for its future.
Application Requirements:
1. The applicant's CV (not to exceed ten pages).
2. A letter describing the nominee's service to biomedical engineering through significant contributions within academia, industry, or government settings.
Note: The awardee's contributions are not required to precede the award date by a specific amount of time.
3. Letter(s) of support, but no more than five.
4. The nominee must be a BMES member in good standing.
Award Rubric:
To view the award rubric, please click here.
ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JUNE 30, 2021. Incomplete or late submissions will not be considered.
Questions? Please contact katherine@bmes.org.