Awards

Research at PUIs Award

This award promotes academic research in mass spectrometry by faculty members and their students at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The award, in the amount of $20,000, is presented annually and is fully funded by Agilent Technologies. The selection process is not connected to or influcenced by the award funder. Learn more below.

 

Eligibility & How To Apply

GO TO ONLINE AWARDS PLATFORM to start your application. You will register (create) an account with our special awards platform and then get started by selecting 'Research at PUI Award' from the dropdown list of awards.  

Pro-Tip: Start your application as soon as possible so that you can invite your letter writers to upload now via the online platform. You can jump directly to the support letters sections once you get started. Letters should be uploaded by the November 30 deadline. You do not need to complete your application in one session. You can return as many times as needed to upload your applicant items and complete all fields.

Application deadline is November 30.

Eligibility

  • Open to full-time academic scientists at a primarily undergraduate North American college or university. Eligible PUIs are accredited colleges and universities that award Bachelor's degrees and/or Master's degrees but have awarded no more than 20 PhD/DSci degrees in the sciences during the combined previous two academic years. This is a general guideline and exceptions will be considered. Exceptions should be addressed in the online application.
  • Applicant may not have previously received an award under this program.
  • Applicant must be member of ASMS.
  • Applicant must have attended the ASMS annual conference for 2 of the last 5 years.
Selection Process. Recipient is selected by a secret ASMS committee, appointed by the President, comprised of members serving staggered two-year terms. The selection process is NOT connected to or influenced by the award funders.
 
Fiscal Requirements for Award Winners. The award of $20,000 will be made to a college or university in the name of the selected individual and for the selected individual’s exclusive use. In accepting this award, the institution will agree not to charge overhead on the funds.   


Items Needed for Online Application

  • Research Proposal including references, figures, etc. that demonstrates the use of mass spectrometry and participation of undergraduate students (three pages max)
  • Fiscal proposal and justification. A brief outline of how funds would be used to support your research proposal (one page max)
  • List of current research support
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Two letters of support are required. You can gather these and upload OR invite your letter writer to do so on their own. The system will walk you through the necessary steps.
 
 

2024 Research at PUI Award Recipient

Download full 2024 ASMS Awards Announcement  

Reseach PUI - Donor

Micah T. Donor
George Fox University

Past Recipients

2024: Micah T. Donor (George Fox University)

2023: Erica Jacobs (St. Johns University)

2022: Mac Gilliland (Furman University)

2021: Christopher Mulligan (Illinois State University)

2020: Christine Hughey (James Madison University)

2019: Callie Cole (Fort Lewis University)