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Elevating Your Path to Discovery

The Promega Rising Researchers Award aims to empower and recognize you and your scientific contributions and academic journey as a PhD student. We want to support you in your career development and help you get access to new resources, gain new insights and make new connections that will broaden your horizons. Please check below for local availability in your country.

The grand prize winner from each participating country wins a trip to Promega headquarters in Madison, WI USA to meet our R&D team and present their project.

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How to Apply

Applications Are Closed Globally

If you have already applied, but not submitted your abstract yet, your region might have a longer deadline for abstract submission.
Please verify your abstract submission deadline with your local Promega branch

Timeline

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April 1st - June 30th, 2024

calendar iconApplications In Review
July 1st - July 30th, 2024

calendar iconFinalists Notified 
July 31st, 2024

calendar iconFinalists Announced & Voting Starts
October 15th, 2024

calendar iconVoting Closes
November 15th, 2024

calendar iconRecipients Announced 
December 6th, 2024

Application Process

application iconRegister & Submit Your Abstract
Your basic information and an abstract of your research project
(500 words or less)

selections iconFinalists Selected
Top Finalists from each participating Promega Branch
(Selected by Promega Representatives) 

voting iconVoting Opens
Voters must have an academic domain e-mail address
(Finalists can promote their videos to collect votes)

winner iconRecipients Announced
The finalist with the most votes from each Promega Branch wins
(Grand prize trip to Madison, WI to meet our R&D)

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During my Master's degree, I had already collaborated virtually with Promega's Target Engagement group, and it was very exciting to get to know this group in-person, visit their lab, talk and learn from them. This rich one-on-one experience with these scientists helped reaffirm my interest in my field, and contributed to my decision to pursue a PhD.

Rebeka Fanti received her MSc from University of Campinas, Brazil, and is currently a PhD Candidate at the Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Previous Recipients

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Alexandre Lalande

 Lyon, France International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI) Research Area: Virology
Emmanuel Heilmann Germany Winner

Emmanuel Heilmann

Innsbruck, Austria Medical University of Innsbruck Research Area: Virology (Photo by David Bullock)
Alessandra Sousa Brazil Winner

Alessandra Sousa

Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Fiocruz Minas Gerais René Rachou | Research Area: Drug Discovery
Josiane Trevisol Brazil Winner

Josiane Trevisol

Porto Alegre, Brazil Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) Research Area: Microbiology
Katarzyna Kosznikkwanicka Germany Winner

Katarzyna Kosznik-Kwaśnicka

Gdańsk, Poland Medical University of Gdańsk (MUG) Research Area: Bacteriology
Margaux Cochard France Winner

Margaux Cochard

Dunkirk, France University of the Littoral Opal Coast (ULCO) Research Area: Toxicology

Explore Availability in Your Location

The Promega Rising Researchers award is currently available in the following countries

Global Terms & Conditions

Please be mindful that Terms and Conditions may vary by country. Below are the global Terms and Conditions, but we encourage all our users to visit their respective country's landing page on our website to review the full and most up-to-date local Terms and Conditions applicable to them. Questions? Please email us at RisingResearcherAward@promega.com
Eligibility

The Promega Rising Researchers Award (“Award”) is available to individuals who are at least 18 years old and are a researcher or scientist that is enrolled in a life science PhD program as of the date their application for the Award is submitted.

Employees of Promega Corporation and its subsidiaries and authorized distributors, and members of the immediate families of such employees, are not eligible. The Promega Rising Researchers Award is not available in all geographic regions. Applicants should please check the Promega website, or with their Promega representative or authorized Promega distributor, for availability in their area. Void where prohibited by law.

Entry Instructions

The deadline to enter is Sunday, June 30th 2024

  • No submissions will be accepted after this date.
  • Each Award Applicant will be notified if they were selected as an Award Finalist no later than July 31st, 2024.
  • Each Finalist will be notified if they were voted an Award Recipient no later than December 6th, 2024.
Review Process & Awards

Review & Finalists Selection

The finalist per each participating country will be selected, through a vetting process based on information submitted in the application form. Each finalist will be notified by e-mail at the sole discretion of Promega, no later than Wednesday, July 31st, 2024. Please see your local country page for all the terms and conditions. *
See Participating Countries
General

In case of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an online entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the e-mail account is registered. Recipients may be required to provide evidence that they are the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the selected entry. Return of any Award notification as undeliverable will result in forfeiture of the prize.

Entry information shall be the property of Promega. No prize transfer or cash redemption will be permitted. No prize substitution will be permitted, except by the sole discretion of Promega, in which case a prize of comparable or greater value may be awarded.

Promega reservesthe right to substitute any award of equal or greater value or to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the Award at its sole discretion.

 

By participating, Applicants agree to abide by and be bound by the rules and decisions of Promega which shall be final in all respects relating to this Rising Researchers Award, including without limitation the interpretation of this rule.

Participants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Promega, and their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, representatives, and respective employees from any and all claims, charges, injuries, liability, losses and/or damages of any kind resulting from or arising out of participation in the Rising Researchers Award and/or the acceptance, use, misuse or possession of any products received through the Rising Researchers Award. Recipients of this Award will be ineligible for future Rising Researchers Awards.