Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research

This award will provide a prize of $5,000 each to especially accomplished UCLA postdoctoral fellows recognized for their outstanding research. This prize was established in 1998 to acknowledge the remarkable contributions and integral role of our postdoctoral fellows to the research mission of the university.

The procedures for nominating a postdoctoral fellow for this prize are outlined in the Acrobat PDF document below. All faculty are encouraged to participate in the nominating process. A dossier comprised of a nominating cover letter from the faculty mentor, approval by the chair, the postdoctoral fellow’s curriculum vitae, up to two (2) supporting letters of recommendation, and additional explanatory materials are required for nomination. As discussed in the attached guidelines, chairs and unit directors are encouraged to establish a point person(s) in each department to coordinate the collection of nomination materials. Chairs will be responsible for pre-screening the nominations to ensure that no more than two (2) nominations are submitted to the final selection committee. Large departments that have compelling reasons for submitting more than two nominations may contact the Graduate Division to discuss additional nominations. Please note that the deadline for departments to submit nomination materials to the Graduate Division is Tuesday, January 15, 2008.

All nominees, including the winners, of the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research will be notified in early March and all will be honored at the postdoctoral fellows' reception on March 12, 2008. This event will bring together postdoctoral fellows and faculty research mentors from a variety of academic areas to honor the contributions of our postdoctoral researchers.

If you have any questions about the nominating process, please contact Postdoctoral & Visiting Scholar Services at (310) 825-4247 or Sonya Gavin at (310) 206-3269.

Nomination Guidelines for the Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (PDF-72KB)

Award Recipients
List of recipients from 1998 to present.

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