Jordi Folch-Pi Award
Jordi Folch-Pi Award is given to an outstanding young investigator who has demonstrated a high level of research competence and originality, who has significantly advanced our knowledge of neurochemistry and who shows a high degree of potential for future accomplishments. The award is a cash prize of $1,500 and plaque, and the recipient has an opportunity to organize a symposium at the ASN Annual Meeting being held the year following presentation of the award.
Jordi Folch Pi was a Catalan biochemist at Harvard University (McLean Hospital) who is recognized universally as one of the founders of the field of structural chemistry of complex lipids and as a leader in the development of Neurochemistry as a distinct discipline within the Neurosciences. He was born in Barcelona, Spain, on March 25, 1911, and died in Boston, Massachusetts on October 3, 1979, at 69 years of age.
Biographies of Jordi Folch-Pi:
http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/jfolch-pi.html
http://asneurochem.org/ASNarchive/History/Lees.htm
http://www.cyberlipid.org/phlip/folch3.htm
Application details:
APPLICATION PERIOD:
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 - FEBRUARY 28, 2022
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Nominee need not be an ASN member.
- Nominee must reside in the Western Hemisphere, which according to ASN's Standing Rules is defined as Canada, North America, Central America, South America, US Possessions and the Caribbean; nominees need not be a member of the ASN, but they should be eligible for membership. If there have been any breaks in career continuity such as new children or illness, extension of eligibility will be granted according to current NIH rules.
- Nominee must not be more than ten years past awarding of their doctorate at the time of nomination.
NOMINATION MATERIALS TO BE SUBMITTED:
- Complete curriculum vitae
- A one page statement from the nominee of accomplishments and goals
- Reprints of three peer reviewed publications
- Three letters of recommendation
- A single PDF containing the first three itemized nomination materials
- Letters of recommendation