The goal of the $10,000 WashU Medicine Bold Pioneer Award is to recognize and encourage early career investigators who have demonstrated bold, pioneering research that is high-risk by virtue of being fundamentally different from standard approaches. The intent is to encourage scientific research investigators to challenge status quo approaches by developing fundamentally different methods, approaches, or experiments that increase the odds of discovering unexpected findings.
Applications should demonstrate that an approach was successfully completed, regardless of
whether there is evidence of long-term validation or benefits. Validation of results, translation
into later stage findings, positive or successful outcomes from the findings are not part of this
evaluation. This award recognizes the daring investigator, regardless of if the findings pan out to long-term benefit.
The WashU Medicine Bold Pioneer Award was established in 2022 by Randy Bateman, MD, the
Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at Washington University
School of Medicine.
Applications are due Sept. 1, 2024.