The Margolese National Brain & Heart Disorders Prizes
Deadline: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, Midnight, PST.
The Margolese National Brain and Heart Disorders Prizes were created by an estate gift made to the University of British Columbia by Leonard Hubert Margolese.
OVERVIEW
Purpose of the Prizes:
The Margolese National Brain and Heart Disorders Prizes establishes two prizes, one each for Brain Disorders and Heart Disorders. The Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize will be awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of brain disorders. The Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize will be awarded annually to a Canadian citizen who has made outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of heart disorders. The Prizes are awarded with the expectation that the Prize recipients will continue to demonstrate excellence in their field of work.
Monetary Award for each Prize:
Two prizes of $50,000 payable in Canadian dollars will be awarded annually, one in each of the two categories. The value of the Prizes will be reevaluated every third year.
Eligibility Requirements:
To be considered for a Prize, candidates must be nominated by an expert in their field. Self nominations will not be accepted. The Advisory Selection Committee reserves the right to rule on the eligibility of nominees. Each Prize will be awarded to a person employed by the University of British Columbia (UBC) once out of every six years. In 2011, a UBC employee was awarded the Brain Disorders Prize; therefore UBC employees cannot receive this Prize until 2017. The Heart Disorders Prize is still available to UBC employees. The University may decline to award a Prize in any given year if the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine is of the opinion that awarding a Prize is impractical or undesirable.
GUIDELINES & NOMINATION FORM
Please download the guidelines for the individual Prizes:
- Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize Guidelines (PDF)
- Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize Guidelines (PDF)
A complete Nomination Package includes (see guidelines above for more details):
- The Margolese Prizes Nomination Form (MS Word - fillable form), completed and signed by the nominator
- Supporting material:
- Statement of the nominee’s contributions to the relevant field (maximum 2 pages)
- Nominee’s biography (maximum 1 page)
- Nominee’s CV, including a complete list of publications
- 2-3 letters of support from experts in the nominee’s field, including 1 expert outside Canada
- Confirmation of Canadian citizenship (nominee)
The completed Nomination Package must be received via email (in Microsoft Word or pdf format) by midnight Pacific Time on November 15, 2011. Late nominations will not be accepted. Submissions that are missing any of the required support documentation or that do not meet the requirements will not be accepted.
Please email your package to:
Dr. George Mackie
Interim Executive Associate Dean, Research
Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia
c/o Adrienne Hammond at margolese.prizes@ubc.ca
PAST WINNERS
A list of the previous Margolese Prize recipients is available here: Margolese Prize Winners
QUESTIONS
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found here: Margolese Prizes FAQs (PDF)
If you have any further questions regarding this process, please contact Adrienne Hammond at (604) 822-8633 or by email at margolese.prizes@ubc.ca
