THERAY WU PRIZE

TheRay Wu Prize for Excellence in Life Sciences is established to inspire Asia’smost promising young Ph.D. students to become future leaders in lifesciences.  Professor Ray Wu (1928-2008) was a world-renownedbiologist who, in the 1970s, developed the first method for DNA sequencing andpioneered the recombinant DNA technology. In the later part of his career, hedevoted to genetic engineering of rice. Professor Wu was a life-longadvocate for developing life science research in Asia.  In 1982,Professor Wu initiated the first large-scale exchange program in biology whichbrought over 400 students from China to obtain Ph.D. degrees in theUS.  The program opened the door for thousands of more Chinesestudents to study abroad and marked the beginning of Sino-US exchanges in lifescience research. This prize is dedicated in honor of Professor Ray Wu’sseminal contributions in training China’s new generation of biologists. Seventyprizes have been awarded so far.

TheRay Wu Prize is awarded each year to graduate students for excellence in lifescience research. The process for selection of recipients is outlined in thefollowing sections.

The Prize: The prize consists of USD$3000, a medal, a certificate, and a citation by the Ray Wu Memorial Fund(RWMF). Financial assistance for travel is available to the recipients forcareer advancement purposes. RWMF will serve as a liaison for the awardees whowish to seek consultation from established investigators as they develop theirscientific careers.

Approximatelyten awards may be made each year. Candidates from all geographical areas areencouraged to apply and special considerations will be given to semifinalistsfrom each underrepresented major geographical area.

Criteria: The Ray Wu Prize recognizesexcellence in life science research by a graduate student for innovation,independent thinking, and dedication.

Qualifications: A candidate must be agraduate student who is pursuing a degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in aninstitution located in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Singapore. Thecandidate must have advanced to candidacy in the PhD program by the deadline ofapplication.

Nomination: A candidate may be nominatedby a faculty member of the institution from which the candidate plans to receivethe PhD. The faculty member shall be a PhD mentor and is actively conductinglife science research.

Materialsto be submitted:A candidate who wishes to be considered for this year's Ray Wu Prize mustsubmit the following materials by the deadline for application:

1. Acompleted application form. (Please download the application form http://www.raywumemorialfund.org/application_process.phpavailablebelow. Fill out in English or Chinese)

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Thecompleted application form must be signed by the Dean of the School in whichthe candidate is currently enrolled to certify all materials as true andauthentic.

2. Atwo page essay (English or Chinese) by the candidate in which the motivation ofpursuing a PhD degree, personal interest in the current field of own research,and outlook for future career development should be addressed.

3. Aprogress report of the candidate's current PhD research project (limited to 3pages, not counting references).

4. Acurrent transcript of courses taken in the PhD program.

5. Alist of publications

6.Copies of two representative published materials.

7.Awards or honors received.

Thecandidate must collate items 1-7 in a single PDF file (limited to 10MB) in theright order. The name of the PDF file must be Familyname_Givenname_RWP2017.pdf(e.g. Chen_Xiaohua_RWP2017.pdf).

Submitthe PDF file by clicking the button below:

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Inaddition, the candidate must request a letter of recommendation from thenominating faculty member (letter1), and two additional letters ofrecommendation from other faculty members who know the candidate wellprofessionally (letter2 and letter3). The letter must be in an envelope sealedby each faculty member with candidate’s name on the back of the envelope, sentto:

Dr.Yan Wu

National Institute of Biological Sciences

7 Science Park Rd., ZGC Life Science Park,Beijing, China 102206
Tel: 010-80726688-8826

orsent directly by the faculty members via email to:

raywuprize@nibs.ac.cn

Thename of the letters must be Familyname_Givenname_RWP2017_letter1 (2 or 3).pdf(e.g. Chen_Xiaohua_RWP2017_letter1.pdf).

ImportantDates:

March31, 2017, deadline for applications to be received.

April30, 2017, notification of receipt of completed applications (by email or othermeans).

June30, 2017, completion of review.

Tobe announced, 2017, award ceremony

Website of Ray Wu Memorial Fund:http://www.raywumemorialfund.org/

The Ray Wu Prize committee

Chair:

XiaodongWang(王晓东)Director, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing

Members:

XuemeiChen（陈雪梅）

Professor,University of California, Riverside

HHMI-GBMF(Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation)Investigator

ShengDing (丁胜)      

Professor,University of California, San Francisco

Jun-LinGuan (管俊林)  

Professorand Chairman, University of Cincinnati

NancyY. Ip (叶玉如)    

Head& Chair Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Chao-WenWang (王昭雯)

Instituteof Plant and Microbial Biology, Taiwan

MingLuo (罗明)      

Professor,Georgia State University

YiminZou (邹益民)

Professor，Universityof California, San Diego

Xiao-HongSun (孙晓红)

Lewand Myra Ward Chair and Member, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

WanjinHong（洪万进）

Professorand Executive Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

PanZheng (郑盼)

McKnewChair for Cancer Biology and Senior Investigator, Children’s National MedicalCenter

YuanZhuang (庄原)

Professor,Duke University

BingRen (任兵)          

Professor,University of California, San Diego

Xian-JieYang (杨先洁）

Professor,University of California, Los Angeles

WeiminZhong (钟伟民)  

Associateprofessor, Yale University