Application deadline: November 14, 2019
Notification of awards: January 14, 2020
In recognition of the critical role DeLill Nasser played for the discipline and for her love of genetics, in 2001 the Genetics Society of America established The DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics, an award for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees, to support travel costs for young geneticists to attend national and international meetings and enroll in laboratory courses. The Award is named for long-time GSA member and National Science Foundation Program Director in Eukaryotic Genetics, DeLill Nasser.
Nasser, who died in 2000, was at NSF for more than 22 years and was considered the “patron saint” of genetics and friend of many geneticists. She was primarily interested “in the science” and because of this interest championed the funding of the genomic sequencing of Arabidopsis and research in Drosophila. Giving them time and support, Nasser enabled researchers to work on genetic problems, sometimes seemingly obscure, which resulted in significant progress in genetics research. For more about Nasser, please see the tribute published in the August 2001 issue of GENETICS.
Nasser was especially supportive of young scientists, people who were beginning their careers and those trying to open new areas of genetic inquiry.
DeLill Nasser Awards have two rounds of applications per year; one for courses and conferences occurring between January 1 and June 30, and another for courses
and conferences occurring between July 1 and December 31. Monitor the GSA e-News and this webpage for updates about application windows.
View DeLill Nasser Award FAQs
Current DeLill Nasser Award Winners
Year |
Name |
Institution at Time of Award |
2019 |
Yu-Chieh Chen |
UC Riverside |
2019 |
Lauren Donoghue |
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |
2019 |
Jullien Michelle Flynn |
Cornell University |
2019 |
Theodora Koromila |
California Institute of Technology |
2019 |
Julia M. Kreiner |
University of Toronto |
2019 |
Marie Saitou |
University at Buffalo |
2019 |
Monica Rose Sanchez |
Stanford University |
2019 |
Chloe Snider |
Vanderbilt University |
2019 |
Bryan Thornlow |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
2019 |
Amy K. Webster |
Duke University |
Previous DeLill Nasser Award Winners
Review criteria for the award:
In the first round,
applications are judged on:
Significance of research:
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Research MUST be in genetics and not, for example,
biophysics
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Research with higher impact on the field would
be reviewed more favorably
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Applicant-initiated science an asset
Productivity, based on:
Other considerations:
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Demonstrated service and leadership (primarily
for postdoctoral applicants)
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Seniority of student/postdoc – applicants nearing
the end of their postdoctoral training or
graduate degree who have been productive
are generally given higher priority over
those at the start of their training.
In the
second round, applications are judged also on:
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