Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education

About the Award

This award is given to an individual who has demonstrated innovative and sustained contributions to science education, with a priority on the national impact of the nominee’s activities.

Award Details

The winner will receive a plaque, $1,000 stipend, complimentary registration and abstract submission for Cell Bio 2024, and an invitation to speak at the meeting.

Who is Eligible

Nominators must be ASCB members but candidates do not.

Selection Criteria

  • Candidate’s innovative and sustained contributions to science education.
  • Candidate’s contributions to achieving additional areas of the ASCB mission.
  • Candidate’s demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

How to Apply

Applications for the 2024 award will be accepted April 15 through May 15.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: If you are nominating another person please obtain all required documentation from the candidate prior to proceeding.

  • A biosketch that follows the NIH (or similar format), no longer than 5 pages.
  • A narrative statement of no more than 2 pages that addresses how the candidate’s achievements have contributed to the advancement of at least 3 of the 5 core elements of the ASCB mission statement, with one of the elements addressing the nature of this award. The statement should be written by the candidate.
  • Two letters of support, neither longer than 2 pages.

 

Nominees for and recipients of ASCB honorific awards and prizes are expected to exemplify and to continue to exemplify the highest standards of professional conduct. Letters of support should explicitly address whether a nominee’s professional conduct over their career embodies the principles and expectations noted in ASCB’s Mission Statement, the Community Code of Conduct, the Honorific Code of Conduct and the Workforce Diversity Statement.

As a founder of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA https://sfdora.org/), the ASCB does not use journal impact factors or other journal-based metrics in the evaluation process for its award candidates. The ASCB looks at an individual’s research contributions and impact on the field, rather than the prestige of the journals where work is published.

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Award Winners

  • 2023—Sue Wick
  • 2022—David Asai
  • 2021—David A. Micklos
  • 2020—Steven Farber
  • 2020—Jamie Shuda
  • 2019—Mary Pat Wenderoth
  • 2018—Erin Dolan
  • 2017—Kimberly Tanner
  • 2016—David Lopatto
  • 2015—Deborah Harmon-Hines
  • 2014—Edison Fowlks
  • 2013—Deborah Allen
  • 2012—L.C. (Cam) Cameron
  • 2011—Peter Bruns
  • 2010—BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
  • 2009—Manuel Berriozábal and Toby Horn
  • 2008—Wm. David Burns and Karen K. Oates
  • 2007—Patricia J. Pukkila
  • 2006—A. Malcolm Campbell and Sarah C.R. Elgin
  • 2005—Samuel Silverstein
  • 2004—William Wood
  • 2003—Nancy Hutchison
  • 2002—Sandra Mayrand
  • 2001—David Bynum
  • 2000—Virginia Shepherd
  • 1999—Eugenie Scott
  • 1998—Robert DeHaan