The Paul T. Englund Emerging Scholars Award recognizes emerging scholars who have demonstrated potential to forge tomorrow’s scientific breakthroughs and to promote a creative, diverse, and inclusive future in biochemical research. Applicants at the postdoctoral or assistant professor level are invited in all areas of mechanistic biology. Applications are evaluated on both demonstrated scientific contributions and potential for future impact on the field.
Awardees are recognized and invited to present an Award Seminar at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the spring and receive an honorarium.
2022-2023 Awardees and Seminar Dates
Tuesday April 11th, 2023
Big roles for tiny peptides in vertebrate development
Valerie Tornini, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University SOM, Dept. Genetics, lab of Antonio Giraldez
valerie.tornini@yale.edu
Tuesday May 9th, 2023
High-order olfactory sensory preconditioning in a fly brain
Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval, PhD, Asst. Prof. Dept. Biology, Georgetown University
Isaac.Cervantes.Sandoval@georgetown.edu
Tuesday May 30th, 2023
Human Microbiome Battlegrounds: How Anaerobic Pathogens Strive for a Competitive Advantage
Lindsey Richelle Fernandez Backman, PhD., Fellow Whitehead Institute
lbackman@wi.mit.edu
Tuesday September 12th, 2023
Dietary lipids as modulators of gut microbiome function
Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, Asst. Prof. Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
elj54@cornell.edu
2022-2023 Finalists
Sabrina Absalon, PhD, Asst. Professor, Dept. Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine
sabsalon@iu.edu
Courtney Ellison, PhD, Asst. Professor, Dept. Microbiology, University of Georgia
c.ellison@uga.edu
Anupama Hemalatha, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Genetics, Yale
Advisor: Prof. Valentina Greco
anupama.hemalatha@yale.edu
Florentina Rutaganira, PhD, Asst. Professor, Dept. Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Stanford University
funr@stanford.edu
For Applicants
The application deadline for 2022 has passed, please check back for the October 2023 application deadline and link for application submission.
The application process is streamlined:
Submit an NIH Biosketch and statements (200 words max) of impact on demonstrated and future scientific contributions and potential for impact on the creation of a creative, diverse, and inclusive future in science. We strongly encourage individuals from historically excluded groups in science to apply.
Eligibility: Postdoctoral Fellows and Assistant Professor Faculty at any accredited institution worldwide are eligible, except Johns Hopkins faculty. Starting in 2023, postdoctoral fellows at Johns Hopkins are eligible.