Call for Nominations

• KARL MEYER AWARD
  

• ROSALIND KORNFELD AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN GLYCOBIOLOGY

• Student Travel Awards

• FASEB MARC Travel Award

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KARL MEYER AWARD
Background:  In 1990 the Society established the Karl Meyer Lectureship Award "to honor the distinguished career of Karl Meyer and his outstanding contributions to the field of Glycobiology". This international award is now presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society to "well-established scientist with a currently active research program who has made widely recognized major contributions to the field of Glycobiology."  

Call for Nominations: The Society for Glycobiology is seeking nominations for the Karl Meyer Award. This award honors a well-established, currently active scientist who has made widely recognized major contributions to the field of Glycobiology. The award will be presented at the Society's annual meeting. Members wishing to make nominations should follow the guidelines below.

Any member may nominate another member of the Society in good standing, except that the members of the Awards Committee may not be nominated nor are they eligible to submit nominations or contribute letters of support. The members of the Awards Committee for 2013 are: Naoyuki Taniguchi (chair), Hudson Freeze, Steve Rosen, Armando Parodi, and Kurt Drickamer

Previous award recipients should not be nominated (see Past Awardees).

Before submitting the nomination to the Society, the primary nominator shall contact the candidate to obtain permission to nominate him or her, and to make the nominee aware of the nomination and selection processes.

The nomination package (receipt deadline JULY 5, 2013) must include:

• The nominee's curriculum vitae with complete bibliography separated into:
    1) original peer-reviewed articles; and
    2) other publications (do not include abstracts)

• A nominating letter including:
    1) a brief description of the scientific achievements that merit the nomination
    2) other aspects of the nominee's career that might be taken into consideration (e.g., mentorship of trainees, impact on the field, service to the Society, etc.)

It is strongly preferred that submission of all nominating materials be electronic, by email attachment to: moremen@uga.edu

Only if electronic submission is not possible, send the complete nomination package by regular or express mail to:

For further information contact Dr. Moremen at: moremen@uga.edu

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ROSALIND KORNFELD AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN GLYCOBIOLOGY

Background: The Rosalind Kornfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Glycobiology was established in 2008 to honor the distinguished scientific career and service to the Society by Dr Rosalind Kornfield. The award will be given by the Society for Glycobiology to scientists who have, over their professional lifetimes, made significant contributions with important impact on the field. Consideration of candidates may occur annually, but the award will be given only in years during which a deserving candidate is nominated and identified. The Rosalind Kornfeld Award winner will be offered an opportunity to deliver an oral presentation (up to 30 minutes in length) at the Society for Glycobiology meeting held in the year of the award.

Call for Nominations: The Society for Glycobiology is seeking nominations for the Rosalind Kornfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Glycobiology. The Society for Glycobiology Awards Committee will choose the recipient of the Rosalind Kornfeld Award.

Any member of the Society may nominate any other present or former member of the Society, except that the members of the Awards Committee may not be nominated, nor are they eligible to submit nominations, or contribute letters of support. The members of the Awards Committee for 2013 are: Naoyuki Taniguchi (chair), Hudson Freeze, Steve Rosen, Armando Parodi, and Kurt Drickamer

In addition, prior recipients of the Karl Meyer Award will not be considered until 10 years after having received that award. Unlike the Karl Meyer Award nomination process, there is no requirement of the nominator to contact the candidate nominee to obtain permission or to make the nominee aware of the nomination.

The nomination package (receipt deadline JULY 5, 2013) must include:

• The nominee's curriculum vitae with complete bibliography separated into:
    1) original peer-reviewed articles; and
    2) other publications (do not include abstracts)

• A nominating letter including:
    1) a brief description of the scientific achievements that merit the nomination
    2) other aspects of the nominee's career that might be taken into consideration (e.g., mentorship of trainees, general impact on the field, interactions with other scientists, service to the society, etc.)

It is strongly preferred that submission of all nominating materials be electronic, by email attachment to: moremen@uga.edu

Only if electronic submission is not possible, send the complete nomination package by regular or express mail to:


For further information contact Dr. Moremen at: moremen@uga.edu

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Student Travel Awards

1) Only grad students and postdocs within 5 years of receiving their PhD are eligible.
2) Requires submission of a CV and mentor support letter.
3) Both the applicant and mentor must be paid members of the Society
4) Application for the travel award will occur during the abstract submission process.
5) Preference will be given to candidates located further from the meeting location.
6) Only two award applications will be considered from any one investigator's laboratory.

NOTE: Travel award submissions are taken electronically during the abstract submission process. Please note that the travel award application is concurrent with abstract submission so you cannot go back and submit this at a later date. Please have all of your material ready to submit the abstract and all of the travel award materials at the same time.

FASEB MARC Travel Awards

The FASEB MARC Program provides funding for travel awards to support the participation of Faculty/ Mentors and Students, and Poster/Platform (Oral) Presenters at scientific meetings and conferences who are from qualified ethnic minority groups that are identified as being underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.

More information available on the FASEB website. Click here to continue.