Good Afternoon, 

 

The University has been invited to submit 2 postdoctoral nominations for the Regeneron Prize.  

The Regeneron Prize (guidelines attached) recognizes and honors Excellence in Biomedical Science conducted by postdoctoral fellows conducting research in biomedicine, broadly defined. Only Penn postdocs are eligible for this competition.

 

Please note that the BPP deadline for the internal competition is January 19, 2022.

 

The Office of Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs (BPP) will submit BPP nominations to the  Office of the Vice Provost for Research who will conduct the final review to identify the two postdoc nominations for the University. Penn postdocs that do not belong to BPP will submit their application to the  Office of the Vice Provost for Research.

 

Prize Amount:   $50,000 to the postdoc and $5,000 to the prize winners department to support a seminar series.

  

BPP and Office of the Vice Provost for Research guidelines:

• Postdocs must be in the field of biomedicine, broadly defined
• BPP can nominate two postdocs         

·       Each postdoc applicant is required to submit the following:

§  Title page with postdoc’s name, postdoc’s department, email address, phone number, proposal title and faculty mentor;

§  2 page single-spaced research proposal as per the Regeneron guidelines (attached)

§     A “dream project” research proposal as described below and on attachment:

§     The proposal should clearly define a specific, experiment or series of experiments, and include a rationale, basic methodology/design (citing literature is fine), and discussion of how the experiment's results would advance the field.

§     The proposal may wish to include a background/rationale section, a specific aims section, an experimental design/methodology section, and a caveats/conclusions section (similar to a research proposal one might prepare for a funding source)

§     Note that preliminary data is not necessary. Dream project proposals should not simply be a small step from the projects in their PI’s lab that could have arisen in lab meetings, etc., but rather are the trainee’s original ideas.

§     The proposal can assume that applicants have access to the rich resources and technologies available at cutting edge biotechnology companies such as Regeneron. This includes access to most equipment used in biomedical research, any necessary supplies or reagents, and advanced genetic and/or protein engineering capabilities.

§     Proposal must be no more than two single-spaced pages (no smaller than 10-point font). References do not need to be included within the two-page limit, but any figures, etc. should be

•     Current CV

•     Pdf of up to 3 publications

 

•     Materials should be submitted in a single file in the order above to postdoc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu  Subject line of email  message should be “Regeneron Prize: Postdoc Surname_Postdoc first name”, eg.        Regeneron Prize: Smith_Jane

 

•     Deadline for the internal competition is January 19, 2022.

 

Finalists will be notified by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.