Call for Nominations
2011 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Nominations Procedure
Nomination Procedures:
An e-mail of intent to nominate (sent to awards@fi.edu) would be appreciated by March 31, 2010.
Nominations must be submitted in English and must include:
- Name, Occupational Address, Phone, Fax and E-mail of nominee
- Name, Occupational Address, Phone, Fax and E-mail of nominator
- Curriculum Vitae of nominee and Bibliography of significant and relevant publications
- A Proposed Citation limited to 1 or 2 sentences
- A Narrative Statement describing the nominee's qualifications for the award
- Four confidential Letters of Support requested by the nominator, mailed directly to the Director of Awards Program at The Franklin Institute
- Deadline for completed nominations is May 31, 2010.
All nominations and full package of materials should be mailed, faxed, or e-mailed to:
Beth Scheraga
Director of Awards Program
The Franklin Institute
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1194
Phone: 215.448.1329
Fax: 215.448.1364
Email: awards@fi.edu
For questions, contact:
Frederic Bertley, Ph.D.
Vice President, The Franklin Institute
Phone: 215.448.2197
Email: fbertley@fi.edu
The Bower Award and Prize for Science Achievement was established in 1990 through a bequest from Philadelphia chemical manufacturer and philanthropist Henry Bower (1896-1988). The award, with its gold medal and cash prize of $250,000, is presented annually to a distinguished member of the international scientific community for work in a prescribed discipline that changes each year.
The Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science and the Bower Award for Business Leadership are the newest in The Franklin Institute's long history of recognizing and encouraging achievement in science, technology, and leadership. Through The Franklin Institute Awards, which today includes the Benjamin Franklin Medals and the Bower Awards, the Institute has honored over 2,000 luminaries since 1824, representing the greatest minds of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The roster of Franklin Institute Laureates reads like a Who's Who of science and invention, including such titans as Thomas Edison, Marie and Pierre Curie, Rudolph Diesel, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Enrico Fermi, Marshall Nirenberg, Jacques Cousteau, Stephen Hawking, Stanley Prusiner, Noam Chomsky, Barry Marshall, Paul Baran, Judah Folkman, Jane Goodall, Seymour Benzer, and Elizabeth Blackburn, among others.