The Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) is seeking nominations for their 2024 Early Stage Investigator Lecture. The award is given annually to early career scientists who have made significant prevention research contributions but who have not yet successfully competed for an R01 or R01-equivalent National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant. Submissions are due October 20, 2023.

ODP will host an online lecture featuring the award winner in 2024. The awardee will also have the opportunity to meet and network virtually with NIH program directors and scientists.

Nominees should have:

• Innovative and significant research accomplishments in applied prevention research in humans, in areas that are relevant to ODP’s mission
• Evidence of highly collaborative research projects, especially those that bridge disciplines to offer new approaches and ways of thinking in prevention research

Priority will be given to nominees conducting applied preventive intervention research to address health disparities in common risk factors for death and disability in the US.

Please email prevention@mail.nih.gov with any questions.