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

1999Rebecca Richards-Kortum2008Gabriel A. Silva
2000Farshid Guilak2009Robert L. Mauck
2001David F. Meaney2010Matthew J. Gounis
2002Jeffrey A. Weiss2011Ali Khademhosseini
2003Sangeeta N. Bhatia2012Marissa Nichole Rylander
2004Richard E. Debski2013Jonathan P. Vande Geest
2005Jeffrey W. Holmes
2006Beth A. Winkelstein
2007Stavros Thomopoulos

 

Y.C. FUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD RECIPIENTS (DIVISION LEVEL)

1986Mark H. Holmes 1993John A. Frangos
1987Steven A. Goldstein1994Mehmet Toner
1989David N. Ku1995Cheng Dong
1990Jay D. Humphey1996Anthony Keaveny
1991Michael Kwan1997Gerard A. Ateshian
1992Cheng Zhu1998Louis J. Soslowsky

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