Call for applications to IUPS Julie Chan Prize and Early-stage Faculty Prize 2025

(1) Julie Chan Prize
IUPS Julie Chan Prize is for physiologists who have contributed to international mentoring and/or career development.
Professor Julie Chan was the first female President of IUPS where she made a significant contribution to physiology leadership. The executive of IUPS decided to honor her many contributions with a prestigious award in her name. The prize is to recognize those who have helped mentor other physiologists and/or worked to help the professional development of physiologists. Applicants can be from any country/region and any career stage, but the panel will consider the extent of engagement and commitment to support and mentoring of young physiologists.
There will be one prize per year of $1,500.

Criteria:
The awards panel will consider an individual candidate working in any area of physiology; their departments need not be identified as physiology departments i.e. candidates can be in departments of biomedical sciences, neuroscience etc.
The application form should be completed and submitted by the applicant.
Candidates will be judged primarily on their contributions to mentoring, and particularly any mentoring at an international level.
Please submit following documents:

• A brief CV of the applicant detailing their chronological academic career and chief achievements (up to three A4 pages).
• A list of most significant mentees (Name, current institution (country/region), current position, major achievements, time when mentored by the applicant), impact of mentoring (up to 10 mentees, up to two A4 pages in total).
• A statement summarizing the applicant’s contribution to mentoring, including any role in developing mentoring schemes, or other initiatives to support mentees. (one A4 page)
• Letters of support from two mentees (one A4 page each), including descriptions about the candidate’s strengths, weaknesses if any, and expected future outcomes.
• A statement of support from a (non-mentored) senior Physiologist or academic colleague (one A4 page).”

Selection: Selection will be performed by the IUPS Awards Panel. The members are Drs. Yoshihiro Kubo (chair), Federico Formenti, Andrew Moorhouse, Karin Sipido, Luis Sobrevia, Linda Chia-Hui Yu.

Deadline and the email address for submission:
The application form should be sent to Ms. Laura Davies (Secretary of IUPS) (Email: laura.davies@iups.org ) by the deadline of October 15, 2025.

(2) IUPS International Early-stage Faculty Prize for recently appointed physiologists.
Being a new faculty/staff member physiologist is an exciting but testing time. The IUPS wants to help physiologists, irrespective of where they are based, and the area of physiology they work in, by awarding a prize.
Physiologists within 10 years of completing their PhD and within 7 years of their faculty appointment, who have made an excellent contribution to their faculty – quality not quantity, are invited to apply.
There will be up to four prizes per year, of $2,500 each.

The awards panel will consider candidates working in any area of physiology; their departments need not be identified as physiology departments i.e. candidates can be in departments of biomedical sciences, neuroscience etc. Candidates must be within 10 years of completing their PhD and within 7 years of their faculty appointment (this can be increased by up to 2 years for verified career breaks) and their head of department or institution or equivalent, must affirm the periods taken for career breaks on the application form. Candidates will be judged on their contributions to research, teaching and service to disciplines during their faculty tenure.
Please submit following documents:

• An abbreviated CV (up to five A4 pages) detailing their chronological academic career, highlighting major achievements across research, teaching and service to the disciplines. The achievements could include, but not limited to, a list of publications (peer reviewed papers, book chapters and edited books, underlining the corresponding author, and including the DOI), grants held, research awards received, teaching contributions, teaching awards received, invited and other contributions to meetings, webinars and similar outputs, public engagement and intramural and extramural academic activities.
• A statement (up to one A4 page) emphasizing the achievements they are most proud of, and how this distinguishes them, as well as an indication of independence in current research, teaching, and service to disciplines.
• A cover letter formally stating their application, countersigned by their head of department or equivalent and the names and contact details of two potential referees, who have agreed to be named and act as such.

Selection: Selection will be performed by the IUPS Awards Panel. The members are Drs. Yoshihiro Kubo (chair), Federico Formenti, Andrew Moorhouse, Karin Sipido, Louis Sobrevia, and Linda Chia-Hui Yu.

The application form should be sent to Ms. Laura Davies (Secretary of IUPS) (Email: laura.davies@iups.org ) by the deadline of Sep 30, 2025.

Please refer to the IUPS official website for the latest information (https://www.iups.org/iups/awards/).