Overview:

• Imperial has been invited to nominate up to three outstanding young researchers, one in each of the three disciplinary categories: Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Life Sciences. Nominations must be submitted by the institution’s Official Nominator—self-nominations are not allowed. 
• The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists strives for nominee equality and diversity, and strongly encourages the nomination of women and members of other underrepresented groups in science and engineering. 
• For full information, please see the 2025 Blavatnik Awards Flyer. 

The nominee must:  

• Have been born in or after 1983*.  
• Hold a doctoral degree (PhD, DPhil, MD, DDS, DVM, etc.).  
• Currently hold an academic position at an invited institution in the United Kingdom.  
• Currently conduct research as a principal investigator in one of the disciplinary categories in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, or Chemical Sciences.  
• The Blavatnik Awards strongly encourages the nomination of women and other underrepresented groups in science and engineering.  

* Age limit exceptions will be considered by the Blavatnik Family Foundation in exceptional circumstances upon a detailed written submission from the nominating institution. Requests for age-limit exceptions and/or re-nomination of previous Finalists due Wednesday 8th May. 

Limited Submission: 

• Candidates must be nominated by their institution. Self-nominations are not allowed.  
• Each institution may submit up to three nominations, one in each disciplinary category of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemical Sciences.  
• Nominations must be submitted using the online nomination system. 

Nominees and their work as independent investigators will be evaluated according to the following criteria:  

• Quality: The extent to which the work is reliable, valid, credible, and scientifically rigorous.  
• Impact: The extent to which the work addresses an important problem, advances scientific progress, and is influential in the nominee’s field, related fields, or beyond, and/or has the potential to benefit society.  
• Novelty: The extent to which the work challenges existing paradigms, establishes a new field or considerably expands on an existing field, employs original methodologies or concepts, and/or pursues an original question.  
• Promise: The nominee has potential for further significant contributions to science, and the research program will generate further impactful and novel discoveries. 

Please note that Imperial may only submit one application in each of the three disciplinary categories (Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Life Sciences). Therefore, an internal selection process will be used.  

Nominations:

• HoDs should submit nominations (max. one nomination per department) to Lara Breckon (l.breckon@imperial.ac.uk) before COB Wednesday 17th April 2024. Nominations will be reviewed by RAG (or a subset of RAG chaired by the Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise)). This should include: 
  • the nominees name 
  • the nominee’s CV 
  • a half-page outlining the reasons why the nominee is a suitable candidate for the award.  
• Please note that further materials will be required for successful candidates following the internal submission stage (official deadline 29th May 2024): 
  • Nominator’s Rationale for Nomination (200 words).  
  • Nominee’s Curriculum Vitae.  
  • Nominee’s Research Summary (1,000 words).  
  • Full-text publications and/or patents representing the nominee’s work (up to 4).  
  • Names and email addresses for two letter writers.  
  • Nominee’s Professional Service and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement (1 page)