Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research

This award will provide a prize of $4,000 each to especially accomplished UCLA postdoctoral scholars recognized for their outstanding research. This prize was established in 1998 to acknowledge the remarkable contributions and integral role of our postdoctoral scholars to the research mission of the university.

The procedures for nominating a postdoctoral scholar for this prize are outlined in the Acrobat PDF document below. Faculty are encouraged to participate in the nominating process. A dossier comprised of a nominating cover letter from the faculty mentor, approval by the chair, a personal statement from the postdoctoral scholar, the postdoctoral scholar’s curriculum vitae, up to two supporting letters of recommendation, and additional explanatory materials are required for nomination. As discussed in the attached guidelines, chairs and unit directors are encouraged to establish a point person(s) in each department to coordinate the collection of nomination materials. Chairs will be responsible for pre-screening the nominations to ensure that no more than two nominations are submitted to the final selection committee. Large departments that have compelling reasons for submitting more than two nominations may contact the Graduate Division to discuss additional nominations. Please note that the deadline for departments to submit nomination materials to the Graduate Division is Thursday, January 15, 2009.

All nominees, including the winners, of the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research will be notified in early March and all will be honored at the postdoctoral scholars' reception on March 10, 2009. This event will bring together postdoctoral scholars and faculty research mentors from a variety of academic areas to honor the contributions of our postdoctoral researchers.

If you have any questions about the nominating process, please contact Lisa Itagaki, Director, Office of Postdoctoral & Visiting Scholar Services at (310) 825-0636 or litagaki@gdnet.ucla.edu.

Nomination Guidelines for the Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (PDF-71KB)

Award Recipients
List of recipients from 1998 to present.