AWARDS
Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship
The Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award is awarded each year to recognize an individual's outstanding achievements and leadership in the science and practice of biomedical engineering. The awardee is expected to deliver a plenary lecture at the Annual Meeting in the fall and publish the text of the lecture in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering. A very important purpose of the lecture is to critically review a field of biomedical engineering and offer a vision of its future.
Conditions
| 1. | The award is intended to recognize a high level of originality and leadership in an area of biomedical engineering. The awardee may have achieved excellence in biomedical engineering by contributions within the setting of the university, industry, or government. |
| 2. | Solicitation of nominations for the award will be announced in the BMES Bulletin on a timely basis. |
| 3. | The awardee's contributions are not required to precede the award date by any specific period of time. |
| 4. | The Awards Committee will screen the nominations, critically evaluate the nominee's records, and submit a rank-ordered list of the top three nominees to the BMES President. The President, will select the awardee. |
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Applicants must be a member of BMES in good standing. |
This award consists of a plaque, a $1,500 check, a complimentary registration for the Annual Meeting, and travel expenses up to $1,000.
Please fill out the application form, with a letter describing the nominee's service (s) to biomedical engineering, the nominee's Curriculum Vita/Resume, and any other letter (s) of support, not to exceed 5 letters. Email to regina@bmes.org at BMES by May 31st.