The Society of Toxicology (SOT) is pleased to announce that July 1, 2014, marked the beginning of SOT’s 2015 Awards Season. Completed nominations and applications must be received by October 9, 2014.
The SOT Awards Committee encourages you to submit a nomination or an application for a 2015 Award. If you know a colleague deserving of recognition for his or her work, please take some time to nominate them for one or more of the SOT Awards. There are many prestigious awards presented at the annual SOT Awards Ceremony. Such awards include the Achievement and Merit Awards, available to SOT members, and the Translational Impact and Leading Edge in Basic Science Awards, which are open to members and nonmembers. Further information on individual awards such as award criteria, and nomination or application details are available on the Awards and Fellowships section of the SOT website. Please take some time to review the award descriptions and familiarize yourself with the requirements and nominate or apply for a 2015 SOT Award.
Many of SOT’s prominent awards require two full members of the Society to provide a primary and secondary letter of nomination. Both letters should clearly explain the qualities and contributions to toxicology that qualify the nominee for the award. The nominee’s abbreviated curriculum vitae (CV) also should be included. Please use the SOT Awards and Fellowships online nomination and application system to upload the primary and secondary nomination letters as well as the abbreviated CV. Simply visit the Awards and Fellowships section of the SOT website and select the appropriate award from the complete listing. The online nomination and application site is open from July 1 through October 9, 2014.
Recipients will be recognized at the annual Awards Ceremony at the 2015 SOT Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, and many awards provide a plaque and award stipend. Award recipients are listed on the SOT Website, in the Annual Meeting Program, and the annual SOT Membership Directory.
In addition to the SOT National Awards described above, there are several sponsored awards available to students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers that share the October 9 deadline. Please see the Awards and Fellowships section of the SOT website and select sponsored awards from the criteria drop down menu to view all the sponsored award descriptions and criteria.
There also are numerous Regional Chapter, Special Interest Group, and Specialty Section awards offered and celebrated each year during the SOT Annual Meeting. These awards may have various deadlines and are listed on the Awards and Fellowships section of the SOT website. Most SOT or Component Group Student Awards require that the applicant be a student member in good standing or that they have submitted a completed membership application.
Please note: Several awards, including the Graduate Student Travel Support Awards, require that the applicant submit an abstract for the annual meeting. All abstracts for the 2015 SOT Annual Meeting are to be submitted online by October 7, 2014.