The Biotech Humanitarian Award

About the Award

The Biotech Humanitarian Award is given to an individual who, through their work in, or support of, biotechnology has begun to unlock its potential heal, fuel or feed the planet. The Award will honor research that aims to significantly reduce human suffering or enhance the human experience. The nominee’s work should clearly be seen as having a direct benefit to society. Additional consideration will be given to approaches that are at a turning point and may potentially have immeasurable influence.

The judging panel will evaluate nominees on the following criteria:

1. 1. Impact on future generations
2. 2. Impact on contemporary society
3. 3. Contribution to the field of biotechnology
4. 4. Level of innovation exhibited

Listen to one of our 2010 judges, Dr. Langer, President of Women in Bio talk about this year’s Humanitarian Award.

Nominations

Nominations are open to all professionals in the field of biotechnology including scientists, researchers, academics, entrepreneurs, financiers, philanthropists, educators and others who have contributed significantly to humanity. Individuals, if interested, are encouraged to self-nominate.

In order to be considered for the Biotech Humanitarian Award, an individual must be nominated via the online application on iambiotech.org. All nomination applications must be submitted by January 31, 2010.

Honoree

The Biotech Humanitarian Award will be bestowed upon the honoree at the 2010 BIO International Convention in Chicago, IL, May 3-6, 2010.

Learn more about 2009 Biotech Humanitarian Dr. Jay Keasling, CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of California at Berkley and acting Deputy Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.