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标 题: 2012 Kauffman Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Awards
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 26 07:59:27 2011, 美东)
Call for Applications for the 2012 Kauffman Foundation Postdoctoral
Entrepreneur Awards
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Postdoctoral
Association (NPA) have announced the call for nominations for the 2012
Kauffman Foundation Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur and Emerging
Postdoctoral Entrepreneur awards, which recognize exceptional former
and current postdocs who are working to commercialize research. The
awards will be presented at the NPA 10th Annual Meeting, March 16-18,
2012, to be held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco.
The Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur will receive a $10,000
honorarium and a travel stipend. The Emerging Postdoctoral
Entrepreneur Award will receive a $2,500 honorarium and a travel
stipend.
Applications will be accepted from October 24, 2011, through November
28, 2011. Finalists will be notified by December 31, 2011, and the
winners will be notified by January 16, 2012.
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Eligibility for the Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award
To be eligible for the award, the entrepreneur must:
- Hold a Ph.D. in a field of science.
- Have completed postdoctoral training in the United States.
- Be the founder or co-founder of a private or public company (or
companies) that is commercializing or has commercialized the
intellectual property of the nominee or other intellectual property in
which the nominee has been significantly involved ; AND is
incorporated and located in the United States; AND has been
established for a minimum of three (3) years.
Please note: Kauffman Entrepreneur Postdoctoral Fellows are not
eligible to apply.
Download the application instructions: 2012 Kauffman Foundation
Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award Application Instructions.
All application materials will be kept confidential and viewed only by
the judges.
Additional info: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/programs-resources/postdoctoral-entrep... |
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