Call for Nominations
2009 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Nominations Procedure (The nomination period for this award is closed.)
Nomination Procedures:
An e-mail of intent to nominate (sent to awards@fi.edu) would be appreciated by March 31, 2008.
Nominations must be submitted in English and must include the following:
- 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 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 Awards Program Director at The Franklin Institute
All nominations and full package of materials should be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:
Beth Scheraga
Awards Program Director
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:
Philip W. Hammer, Ph.D.
Vice President, The Franklin Institute
Phone: 215.448.1241
Email: bhammer@fi.edu
The Bower Award and Prize for Science Achievement was established in 1990 through a $7.5 million 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 in 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 1925, representing the greatest minds of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The roster of The Franklin Institute laureates reads like a Who's Who of the history of science and invention, including such titans as Rudolph Diesel, Enrico Fermi, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Alan H. Guth, Elizabeth Blackburn, John N. Bahcall, Raymond Davis, Jr., Masatoshi Koshiba, Noam Chomsky, John Mather, and Jane Goodall.