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2017 Lasker Award Nominations

The Foundation will be accepting nominations for the 2017 Lasker Awards through February 1, 2017.

The Lasker Awards will be offered in three categories in 2017: Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical Research, and Public Service. The Special Achievement Award, presented every other year, will next be given in 2018.

There are two ways to submit a nomination:

  1. Submit an electronic nomination by clicking here.   You can securely submit an electronic nomination and all supporting materials.  You will be able to work on, save, and return to your nomination before you make a final submission.
  2. Download a Medical Research nomination packet in PDF format by clicking here. Download a Public Service nomination packet by clicking here.

If you have the free Acrobat reader, version 5.0 or higher, you will be able to complete the PDF packet on your computer.  Free Adobe Acrobat software is available here.  For those using a Mac, please be sure to use Adobe Acrobat, not Preview, in order to fill in each field of the form.

Need help?   Read our FAQ page.   Contact David Keegan by email or by phone at 212-286-0222.