HCS Awards

The Histochemical Society offers a number of awards to its members, including travel awards and achievement awards. You must apply for an award or be nominated (see invidual descriptions for details), and must be a member in the Histochemical Society and attend the annual meeting to receive the award.

Each award's application or nomination form is presented below. You will need a word processor such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, or OpenOffice to fill out the awards nomination form-files. There are underlined sections and text-boxes to enter in your information. These are not interactive forms, so you must restrict your changes to the appropriate fields. To open an award nomination form, right-click on the link and choose Save Target As/Save Link As (Windows) or hold down the Alt/Option key and click on the link (Mac OSX) and save it on your computer.

The application can be filled out in your word processor and returned to the Society as an email attachment to <mail@histochemicalsociety.org>. Please include HCS Awards Nomination 2008 in your subject line, and address the email to Dr. Richard Levenson, HCS Awards Committee Chairman.

The deadline for awards applications for the 2008 HCS Annual Meeting is November 7, 2007!

Lillie || Vector || Travel: Students & Post-docs, Research Scientists
HCS OYI || Gomori || Carpenter-Rasch

THE RALPH D. LILLIE AWARD

This award consists of a certificate, a $200 cash prize and a travel award to support attendance at the annual meeting of the Society. It is given each year to an applicant who submits an outstanding oral poster presentation for inclusion in the annual meeting program. The applicant must be a doctoral student or a first year postdoctoral fellow (i.e. within one year of having received the doctoral degree at the time of the annual meeting) and be the senior (or sole) author of an abstract selected for presentation. Membership in the Society is required. (Click here to download the document form.)

THE VECTOR LABORATORIES YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

To be eligible for this award applicants should be either junior faculty members or postdoctoral fellows within three years of their thesis earned doctorate at the time of the annual meeting of the Society. Applicants must submit an abstract accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of which he/she is the senior (or sole) author. Membership in the Society is required. This award consists of a certificate and a $500 cash prize to defray travel expenses to the annual meeting. (Click here to download the document form.)

TRAVEL AWARDS FOR RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

These awards of $1000 are designated for scientists who are early in their careers (academic, industrial, or government scientists) to support attendance (registration, lodging, and/or travel) for the Histochemical Society's Annual Meeting. Scientists who utilize molecular imaging techniques for cells and tissues in their research are encouraged to apply. Scientists who have begun to work in fields relevant to the mission of the Histochemical Society may also apply. Membership in the Histochemical Society is encouraged but not required to apply for the award; recipients will be provided with one year complementary membership and will be encouraged to participate in HCS Committees. For the 2008 Annual Meeting: Applicants must submit an abstract to Experimental Biology 2008 by the November 7, 2007 deadline at <http://www.eb2008.org> and submit the completed application document to the indicated email address (see the document for more information). (Click here to download the document form.)

TRAVEL AWARDS FOR STUDENTS AND POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS

Up to ten (10) awards, each for $500, will be given to young histochemists in training to attend the annual meeting of the Society. Students who are HCS Members and working toward a doctoral degree or in post doctoral fellowships are eligible to apply. The application process involves submitting an abstract for presentation at the annual meeting (poster or platform), and a cover letter from the student's mentor verifying that the applicant is a histochemist in training. (Click here to download the document form.)

HCS OUTSTANDING YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

The HCS Council solicits nominations for this award to be presented at an annual meeting. A cash award in the amount of $1,000 will be given to a junior investigator (e.g. instructor, assistant professor, or early in associate professor rank) who is a member of the Society and demonstrates exceptional potential as a histochemist. The Awardee will submit an abstract for a poster and give an oral presentation highlighting his/her contributions involving histochemistry at the HCS Business Meeting. This award may not be presented annually, but rather when the Awards Committee and Council determine that a meritorious recipient has been identified. (Click here to download the document form.)

Meet Nalini Rajamannan, M.D., outstanding young investigator (more info)

THE GEORGE GOMORI AWARD

(Next award: 2010)
This is the highest award offered by the Society and was established in 1987. The purpose of the award is to honor Dr. George Gomori and to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of histochemistry and cytochemistry. It is presented every four years at the annual meeting of the Society in the year immediately preceding the meeting of the International Federation of Societies for Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. To be eligible for the award, membership in The Histochemical Society is required. The award consists of an award plaque listing the names of the founders of The Histochemical Society and a cash prize of $1000. Past recipients include Charles Leblond (1987), Samuel Spicer (1991), Paul Anderson (1995), Marilyn Farquhar (1999), Morris J. Karnovsky (2003), and Paul Nakane (2007). (Letters of Nomination for the Gomori Award should be sent to Dr. Richard Levenson via email.)

THE ANNA-MARY CARPENTER-ELLEN M. RASCH AWARD

(Nominations accepted every year for presentation at annual meeting.)
This award recognizes the outstanding efforts and contributions by Drs. Anna-Mary Carpenter and Ellen M. Rasch, and to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions and service to the Society. The award may not be presented annually, but rather when the Awards Committee and Council determine that a meritorious recipient has been identified. Nominations are accepted annually at a time designated by the Society. Eligible members include those who have made significant contributions to the Society and to the scientific community. Nominations must include a curriculum vitae or biographical sketch of the nominee, and a nominating letter describing the contributions or service of the nominee in the field of histochemistry and cytochemistry and/or the Society. The award consists of a cash prize of $1000; an award plaque; and reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses and registration at the annual meeting. (Letters of Nomination for the Carpenter-Rasch Award should be sent to Dr. Richard Levenson via email.)

The Council of the Histochemical Society recently instituted the Carpenter-Rasch Award to honor Anna-Mary Carpenter and Ellen Rasch. (more info)