THE JOHN J. ABEL AWARD FOR 2009

  (Deadline for submission of nominations is September 15, 2008)

The John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology, named after the founder of ASPET and supported by Eli Lilly and Company, was established to stimulate fundamental research in pharmacology and experimental therapeutics by young investigators.  The annual Award consists of $2,500, a plaque, hotel and economy airfare for the winner and spouse to the award ceremony at the annual meeting of ASPET. 

Nominees for this award shall not have passed their forty-second birthday on April 30 of the year of the Award.  The candidate need not be a member of the Society, however, a nomination must be made by an ASPET member.  No member may nominate more than one candidate a year, and no candidate may be nominated for more than one major ASPET award in any given year.   

Nominations must be submitted electronically to jane.nelson@aspet.org and should consist of:

1. Summary that describes the importance of the candidate’s work.

2. Brief biographical sketch of the candidate.

3. Candidate’s curriculum vitae and bibliography

4. Each of six published articles or manuscripts accepted for publication that are a representation of the candidate’s work (provided as PDFs or as hyperlinks to the article).  Submit each manuscript PDF as a separate attachment.

Receipt date for nominations for the John J. Abel Award will be 5:00 pm on September 15, 2008 for an award to be presented at Experimental Biology ’09 in New Orleans, LA.

Recipients of the John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology