Young Investigator Award

Award Description

The Young Investigator Excellence Award shall be bestowed upon an individual who is an early-career researcher. Selection will be made on the basis of excellence in the candidate’s publications and/or technical contributions where the Canadian Light Source has played a substantial role. The award recipient need not be affiliated with a Canadian institution but must show exceptional promise as a developing leader in their scientific area. 

Award

The recipient will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $500 CAD, plus will be invited to provide a talk at either the CLS Annual User Meeting (AUM), or the CLS (the CLS will pay for travel expenses, if travel is required).

Eligibility Criteria

The following criteria must be met for a candidate to be eligible for this award:

• A candidate for the award must have graduated from his/her last advanced education degree no more than 10 years before the year of the award;
• The candidate must be an active, CLS user at the time of nomination;
• The candidate must have published results based on data obtained from the CLS;
• The candidate cannot be a member of the CLS Board of Directors, Users’ Executive Committee, Science Advisory Committee, or Machine Advisory (or other affiliated committee), and is not eligible for consideration until a period of two (2) years has elapsed since their membership.

Nomination Process and Selection Information

• Nomination letters: Any member of the CLS user community can submit a signed letter of nomination; however, self-nominations will not be accepted. A nomination package should be comprised of two (2) letters of nomination no more than three pages in length describing the scientific contributions made by the nominee. The nomination letters must clearly address the role the CLS has played in the researcher’s body of work. In addition, the letters must clearly describe the role the nominee played in any group work.
• A list of all the nominee’s publications emanating from work at the CLS.
• A current curriculum vitae that includes a list of all publications.
• A short biography of the nominee (100 words).

Nominations can be submitted to awards@lightsource.ca with "Young Investigator Award" in the subject line during the official call for nominations.

Selection of the awardee will be based solely upon the information described above. An individual cannot receive this award more than once, though there is no limit to the number of times an applicant can be nominated (if unsuccessful in prior cycles). An award may not be awarded in certain years if a user having contributed significantly to the community has not been nominated. The Users' Executive Committee reserves the right to not designate an awardee if the quality or number of nominations is deemed insufficient. Young Investigator award website.

The recipient of the award is obliged to present a lecture to the synchrotron community at either the CLS AUM or at the CLS in their area of research. The travel (if applicable) must be completed within 12 months of receipt of the award and eligible to receive travel reimbursement up to $2000 CAD (in accordance with CLS travel guidelines). The lecture may relate to the citation of the award, or to current activity.

Deadline: The CLS is accepting nominations for 2020 until midnight on Saturday, July 31, 2021.

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