Established in 1992 as the Young Investigator Award, and renamed in 1998.
Deadline for nominations: May 1 of each year.
The Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators recognizes an outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor at the time of nomination. This award was established by the Biophysical Society. In recognition of the endowment gift from Michael and Kate Bárány, the award was renamed in 1998. The Award recipient receives an honorarium of $2,000.
Download Society Award Nomination Form
Eligibility:
- Nominee must have made an exceptional contribution to the field of biophysics.
- Nominee must not have reached rank of full professor at time of nomination.
- Nominee must be a member of the Society in good standing.
- Nominator must submit completed Nomination Form and required documents.
Nominations packets must include the following:
- Completed Award Nomination Form.
- A letter describing qualifications of the nominee.
- Two supporting letters.
- Nominee’s curriculum vitae, including all relevant publications.
Email Nomination packet to: society@biophysics.org
Current Awardee
| 2010 |
Mark J. Schnitzer, Stanford University |
Past Awardees
| 2009 |
Gaudenz M. Danuser, Scripps Research Insitute |
| 2008 |
Sergei I. Sukharev, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 2007 |
Taekjip Ha, University of Illinois |
| 2006 |
Anne-Frances Miller, University of Kentucky |
| 2005 |
Vincent Hilser, University of Texas Medical Branch |
| 2004 |
Paul R. Selvin, University of Illnois, Urbana |
| 2003 |
Patricia Jennings, University of California, San Diego |
| 2002 |
William Zagotta, University of Washington |
| 2001 |
Shimon Weiss, UCLA |
| 2000 |
Elizabeth A. Komives, University of California, San Diego |
| 1999 |
Gaetano T. Montelione, Rutgers University |
| 1998 |
Winfried Denk, Lucent Technologies |
| 1997 |
Donald W. Hilgemann, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| 1996 |
David P. Corey, Harvard Medical School, HHMI |
| 1995 |
Roderick MacKinnon, Harvard Medical School |
| 1994 |
Steven M. Block, Rowland Institute for Science |
| 1993 |
Ronald D. Vale, University of California, San Francisco |
| 1992 |
Richard W. Aldrich, Stanford University |