Sponsor
Agilent Technologies
Sponsor deadline:
Award Details
Please note: UBC has been asked to submit only one application (or at most two applications). Given the nominee quota, VPRI will hold an internal selection process to confirm which candidate(s) will submit to Agilent. Please see below.
Purpose:
- To promote and encourage excellent research enabling technologies important to Agilent and the world
- To establish strong collaborative relationships with leading professors early in their career
- To build the prominence of Agilent as a sponsor of university research
Eligibility:
- Professor must hold a tenure-tracked faculty position
- Must have completed Ph.D. or M.D. residency within 12 years of award year (additional extensions may apply, please see FAQ)
Criteria:
- Alignment with the Focus Topic: Contributions to the development of live cell analytical tools to identify and measure novel critical quality attributes (CQA) to advance biomanufacturing applications.
- Significant original research contributions enabling technologies of importance to Agilent and the world
- Outstanding potential for future research
Award details:
- An unrestricted research award of $120K to be distributed in 2 years to university in the professor's name.
- Option to use all or part of award to obtain Agilent products at 50% discount.
- Option to accelerate payments for equipment with list price over $120K.
Past winners: https://www.agilent.com/univ_relation/profaward/pastwinners.shtml
FAQ: https://www.agilent.com/univ_relation/faq.shtml#a
UBC Process:
Please ask eligible nominees to submit the following by Thurs, Feb 2 at 9 am to meaghan.miller@ubc.ca:
- Cover Letter: 500-words (written and signed by candidate)
- Describe research contributions to Focus Topic and importance to Agilent and the world
- 1000-word proposal
- Describe areas of expertise, contribution to measurement technology and future research directions
- Updated CV
VPRI contact: Meaghan Miller, Manager of Award Nomination Development, meaghan.miller@ubc.ca