Since 1998, the annual Young Investigator Award recognizes research excellence in research and includes a certificate of recognition and a $5,000 honorarium. The recipient is invited to present a lecture at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting.

Any active (dues-paying) member of Sigma Xi within 10 years of his or her highest earned degree at the time of nomination is eligible.

The Young Investigator Award will alternate between the physical sciences and engineering, including mathematics, and the life and social sciences.

Nominations
Nominations for the Young Investigator Award in 2009 in the area of the life and social sciences must be submitted prior to September 15, 2008.

Nominations for the Young Investigator Award should include:

• A current curriculum vita that follows the Sigma Xi Criteria for
  Curricula Vitae
• A letter of nomination that addresses the following:
  1. What is the research the nominee is conducting that is leading edge and why is it considered leading edge.
  2. Ways in which this nominee's potential and current work have been recognized as especially promising.
  3. Early influence on education through publications, teaching activities, outreach, mentoring, etc.
  4. Ability of the nominee to give an address at the Sigma Xi annual meeting that is dynamic, engaging, and readily understood by scientists across the disciplines.
• Two additional letters of support of no more than one page each.

All proposals should be submitted by email or hard copy to:

Fuller Bazer, Executive Director
Texas A&M University Chapter of Sigma Xi
312 Williams Administration Building
MS 1112
College Station, TX 77843-1112

or

SigmaXi@tamu.edu

Funding for the Young Investigator Award will initially come from the National Society's annual budget and, later, from private or industrial sources. Ultimately, a named endowment will be established to support it.

2008 Mason Porter, University of Oxford
2007 Lise Abrams, University of Florida
2006 W. Raphael Hix, Oakridge National Laboratory
2005 Thomas Spencer, Texas A&M University
2004 Jason Nieh, Columbia University
2003 Alexandra L. Basolo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2002 Paschalis Alexandridis, State University of New York at Buffalo
2001 Henry Rodriguez, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2000 Sherry J. Yennello, Texas A&M University
1999 Laura F. Landweber, Princeton University
1998 John Gillaspy, National Institute of Standards and Technology