The Sidney & Joan Pestka Graduate & Post Graduate Awards

Deadline to apply/nominate for the 2024 award is 3 April, 2024.

Each awardee will receive a check in the amount of $5000 payable to the awardee at the annual ICIS Awards Ceremony. Should an awardee not attend the annual ICIS meeting, a travel grant will not be awarded and that awardee will receive a check in the amount of $3500 following the ICIS meeting. Each awardee will also receive a $2500 product credit from PBL Assay Science good for one year from the date of the award. This is an annual award, and a recipient may receive an award only once. An individual who receives the Graduate Award, however, remains eligible for the Post-Graduate Award. One award will be given to a graduate student and one award to a post-doctoral fellow where candidates of suitable caliber are identified. In years where a suitable candidate is not identified, an award will not be bestowed. 

Submission Guidelines

Nominations and Applications for the Sidney & Joan Pestka Graduate & Post Graduate Awards must include the following:

• An abbreviated CV (max. 3-5 pages) together with a letter of recommendation detailing the accomplishments of the nominee (including confirmation of eligibility) should be uploaded as a combined PDF document.
• No proprietary or confidential information can be included in the application.
• Submission Deadline: 3 April 2024 All the Young Investigator Awards:

Winners of the 2024 Young Investigators Awards will be required to register for Cytokines 2024 and submit an abstract by 20 May 2024 (information will be provided in the acceptance letter). All ICIS Young Investigator Award winners will be invited to make an oral presentation in the program.

The application and/or letters of nomination are submitted via the ICIS website online nomination form above.

• ICIS members may either apply themselves or nominate other eligible members for either the Sidney & Joan Pestka Graduate or Post-Graduate Awards. An abbreviated CV (max. 3-5 pages) and a recommendation letter from mentor, including confirmation of eligibility as well as a statement of research and accomplishments should be included in the submission. Additional supporting materials, such as posters and publications, are welcome. No proprietary or confidential information can be included in the application. It should be noted that the awardees will be judged based on the following criteria which should be included in the nomination letter:
  • outstanding publications in the field
  • contributions to the cytokine/chemokine/ interferon field either in basic, clinical or applied research
  • prospects for a future career in cytokine biology, either in academics, government or industry
• Deadline for submissions is 3 April, 2024
• Applicants must also submit an Abstract by the 20 May, 2024, Abstract Submission Deadline, for consideration at the meeting, which will determine which session their oral presentation will be scheduled into by the scientific organizing committee.