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Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award
Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award

The Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award was established to recognize young investigators who are committed to pursuing research in the field of Bioengineering and have demonstrated significant potential to make substantial contributions to the field of Bioengineering.  Such accomplishments may take the form of, but are not limited to, design or development of new methods, equipment or instrumentation in bioengineering; and research publications in peer-reviewed journals.

The award was established by the Bioengineering Division in 1985 and operated as a division award until 1998 when it was elevated to a Society award. 

Form of Award: $1000, Bronze Medal, Certificate and Travel expense supplement to attend the meeting of presentation.
Eligibility: Nominations packets will be held and considered for two years.  The nominee must satisfy the age and degree limitations for the first year nomination.
Limitation(s): Candidates must have earned a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in any field of engineering, physics, medicine or life sciences.  Candidates must have received their terminal degree within seven years of their nomination for this award and must be under 36 years of age on June 1st of the year in which they are nominated.  Candiate must be an active member of the Bioengineering Division.
Administrative Responsibility: Bioengineering Division

Nomination Deadline:

September 1 to Award Chair
Nomination Sent To: Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award Committee Chair
J.D. Humphrey
979-845-5558
jhumphrey@tamu.edu
Awarded By: Committee on Honors (COH)


Y.C. FUNG YOUNG AWARD RECIPIENTS

1999 Rebecca Richards-Kortum 2003 Sangeeta N. Bhatia
2000 Farshid Guilak 2004 Richard E. Debski
2001 David F. Meaney 2005 Jeffrey W. Holmes
2002 Jeffrey A. Weiss 2006 Beth A. Winkelstein
2007 Stavros Thomopoulos 2008 Gabriel A. Silva
2009 Robert L. Mauck


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