The Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural HESI Innovation Prize—an unrestricted cash prize of $80,000 USD. In 2021, the HESI Innovation Prize will recognize an individual(s) who has helped to reduce disproportionate health burdens in underserved populations and/or to promote greater health equity via their work or efforts in one or more of the following areas that are central to HESI’s core operations:
- Safe and effective medicines
- Food safety and security,
- Chemical and consumer product safety
- And/or environmental quality and sustainability
The prize will recognize impact achieved via research, training/education, and/or programmatic approaches.
HESI will be accepting applications from April 1–June 30, 2021. Awardees will be notified of their selection by August 2021 and must be willing to give a presentation about their work to the HESI membership.
For more information, please click here or email hesiprize@hesiglobal.org.