Research at PUIs Award

This award promotes academic research in mass spectrometry by faculty members and their students at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The award, in the amount of $20,000, is presented annually and is fully funded by Agilent Technologies. The selection process is not connected to or influcenced by the award funder. Learn more below.

Eligibility & How To Apply

GO TO ONLINE AWARDS PLATFORM to start your nomination [platform will reopen in June 2025]. You will register (create) an account with our special awards platform and then get started by selecting 'Research PUI Award' from the dropdown list of awards.  

Pro-Tip: Start your application as soon as possible so that you can invite your letter writers to upload now via the online platform. You can jump directly to the support letters sections once you get started. Letters should be uploaded by the November 30 deadline. You do not need to complete your application in one session. You can return as many times as needed to upload your applicant items and complete all fields.

Application deadline is November 30.

Eligibility

• Open to full-time academic scientists at a primarily undergraduate North American college or university. Eligible PUIs are accredited colleges and universities that award Bachelor's degrees and/or Master's degrees but have awarded no more than 20 PhD/DSci degrees in the sciences during the combined previous two academic years. This is a general guideline and exceptions will be considered. Exceptions should be addressed in the online application.
• Applicant may not have previously received an award under this program.
• Applicant must be member of ASMS.
• Applicant must have attended the ASMS annual conference for 2 of the last 5 years.