Award Programs
Each year CSUPERB supports several awards programs for California State University (CSU) faculty and students. A brief description of each is listed below.
We encourage CSU faculty to identify potential student nominees who show great promise academically and as research professionals. In addition we encourage you to consider nominating faculty colleagues for the Faculty Research and Andreoli awards! For more information about each program, application/nomination process and a list of past awardees, click on the program links below or in the left navigation panel.
Andreoli Faculty Service Award
This award honors a CSU faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to the development of biotechnology in the California State University. The award is named after Professor Anthony Andreoli (CSU, Los Angeles) who believed that it was his responsibility to do everything he could in order to provide similar opportunities for others.
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Don Eden Graduate Student Research Award
This award is designed to foster excellence in graduate student research throughout the CSU system in biotechnology-related research. It is named after Professor Don Eden (San Francisco State University) who held his students, colleagues and himself to the highest standards of excellence in research. Prof. Eden's own research was in biophysics and physical biochemistry.
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Student Early-Stage Biotechnology Commercialization Challenge
This Idea-to-Product (I2P) competition involves teams of students (science, engineering and business) applying creative thought to a biotechnology (idea) and developing a market application (product) for that biotechnology.
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Faculty Research Award
This system-wide award recognizes a CSU faculty researcher who has demonstrated outstanding scientific achievement in the life sciences and biotechnology.
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Howell-CSUPERB Research Scholars Award
CSUPERB has entered into a partnership with the Doris A. Howell Foundation for Women's Health Research to co-fund $3500 Research Scholars Awards for CSU undergraduate research students.
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Glenn Nagel Undergraduate Research Award
This award is aimed at fostering excellence in undergraduate student research throughout the CSU system in biotechnology-related research. The award is named after Dean Glenn Nagel (CSU, Long Beach), who worked throughout his career to promote high-quality undergraduate research.
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Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Award
This award is designed to acknowledge an outstanding CSU student teaching in a biotechnology-related program. This award is named after Professor Crellin Pauling (San Francisco State University) for his extraordinary contributions to the training of teachers and scientists and his commitment to the creation of a scientifically literate electorate.
