Call for Nominations: 2014 Robert M. Scarborough Award for Graduate/Post-Graduate Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry

Call for Nominations: 2014 Robert M. Scarborough Award for Graduate/Post-Graduate Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry The Robert M. Scarborough Graduate/Postgraduate Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry is intended to recognize two current graduate student and/or postdoctoral researchers who have had a leading role in significant scientific discoveries in the field of medicinal chemistry. This award is in memory of Robert M. Scarborough, an accomplished medicinal chemist and inventor of drugs such as Natrecor and Integrilin, and is sponsored by Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a cardiovascular company founded by Dr. Scarborough. The awardees will present their research at the Fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society as a part of Division of Medicinal Chemistry programming, where they will receive a commemorative plaque, and a $500 honorarium. Awardees will also receive $500 to partially offset travel expenses to attend the meeting. Candidates must be current graduate students or postdoctoral researchers at an academic institution, private or government research foundation and must have demonstrated a key role in and contribution(s) to a research project with direct medicinal chemistry applications and relevance. Nominees are expected to have demonstrated creativity and insight in medicinal chemistry and/or biology and possess pragmatic, empirical problem solving skills. A publication or presentation record that supports the candidate’s c...
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