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 award of presentation.
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. Candidate 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 (send complete form, with reference letters, as a single PDF)
Committee Chair:

J.D. Humphrey
Phone Number: 203-432-6428
E-mail: jay.humphrey@yale.edu
Awarded By: Committee on Honors (COH)

 

Y.C. FUNG YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

1999 Rebecca Richards-Kortum 2008 Gabriel A. Silva
2000 Farshid Guilak 2009 Robert L. Mauck
2001 David F. Meaney 2010 Matthew J. Gounis
2002 Jeffrey A. Weiss 2011 Ali Khademhosseini
2003 Sangeeta N. Bhatia
2004 Richard E. Debski
2005 Jeffrey W. Holmes
2006 Beth A. Winkelstein
2007 Stavros Thomopoulos

 

Y.C. FUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDRECIPIENTS (DIVISION LEVEL)

1986 Mark H. Holmes 1993 John A. Frangos
1987 Steven A. Goldstein 1994 Mehmet Toner
1989 David N. Ku 1995 Cheng Dong
1990 Jay D. Humphey 1996 Anthony Keaveny
1991 Michael Kwan 1997 Gerard A. Ateshian
1992 Cheng Zhu 1998 Louis J. Soslowsky

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