Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award

About the Award

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The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) presents the Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award to a scientist at a later career stage (generally full professor or equivalent) whose outstanding scientific achievements are coupled with a record of active leadership in mentoring women and individuals from underrepresented groups in their scientific careers.

Award Details

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

Who is Eligible

Candidates may be nominated more than once, and members of the WICB Committee are not eligible. Nominators and self-nominators must be ASCB members.

How to Apply

Candidates may either self-apply or be nominated.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

If nominating someone

1. Letter describing the candidate’s background, contributions, and qualifications for receiving the award, no longer than 2 pages.
2. Letter of support also describing the above, no longer than 2 pages.

If self-applying

1. Narrative statement describing your background, contributions, qualifications for receiving the award, and demonstrated commitment to ASCB’s values, no longer than 2 pages.
2. A letter of support endorsing your application, no longer than 2 pages.
3. Biosketch (NIH format or similar) no longer than 5 pages.

Application materials should comment on the candidate’s:

• Record of outstanding scientific achievement
• Leadership in mentoring junior scientists of any gender
• Career impact upon receiving this award

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 Please Note

1. ASCB wants to ensure that the pool of award candidates is as diverse and inclusive as possible. The demographic questions are for internal reporting only and are not viewable by award reviewers. The questions are not mandatory, however we would appreciate your responses so that we can assess our level of inclusivity.
2. As a founder of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) ASCB does not use journal impact factors or other journal-based metrics in the evaluation process for its awards. 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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