The deadline is 15 August 2024 for Assistant Professors (or equivalent level scientific investigators) working in health research in Canada to apply.
Early career investigators across Canada are invited to submit an application to present their research as part of the Gairdner Science Week events in October.
Up to 5 investigators will be chosen to give 10 minute talks during one of the three major symposia of Gairdner Week: Next Generation DNA Sequencing Symposium on October 23, Laureate Lectures on October 24, and the Pandemic Preparedness Global Health Symposium on October 25, to connect with the 2024 laureates and to attend the Awards Gala on October 24, 2024.
The talks will be broadcast live and recorded for YouTube distribution globally. This is a competitive process, with the finalists being selected by the laureates themselves.
Submission Guidelines:
- 2 minute video proposal for your research presentation (if slides are used, a maximum of 2 is allowed)
- 4-5 page CV
- 150 word summary explaining how your science relates to one or more of this year’s laureates.
- Applicants must indicate an intended match for one of the following laureates
- David Klenerman/Pascal Mayer/Shankar Balasubramanian: Next generation DNA sequencing, genomics
- Zelig Eshhar/Michel Sadelain: CAR-T cells and therapies; new cancer therapeutics
- Gagandeep Kang: Enteric diseases, disease surveillance, pandemic preparedness
- Meghan Azad: Infant nutrition, microbiome in child growth, development and resilience
- Christian Landry: Synthetic, systems and computational biology in the evolution of cellular systems
Submission Deadline: 15 August 2024 | 11:59 PDT
Eligibility: This call is open to all faculty and professionals at the Assistant Professor or equivalent rank.