Founders Award (for Outstanding Leadership in Toxicology)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Other requirements
- _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://sotapply.toxicology.org/prog/founders_award_for_outstanding_leadership_in_toxicology/)._
- Criteria for award
- Full, Emeritus, or Retired Full member of the Society
- Leadership in fostering the role of toxicology in safety decision-making
Overview
Description:
The SOT Founders Award, sponsored by the SOT Endowment Fund, is presented to a Full, Emeritus, or Retired Full member of the Society of Toxicology (i.e., not limited to Founding members of SOT) who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in fostering the role of toxicological sciences in safety decision-making through the development and/or application of state-of-the-art approaches that elucidate, with a high degree of confidence, the distinctions for humans between safe and unsafe levels of exposures to chemical and physical agents.
The award consists of a plaque that is presented at the SOT Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony and a cash stipend.
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
- Criteria for award:
- Full, Emeritus, or Retired Full member of the Society
- Leadership in fostering the role of toxicology in safety decision-making
- Significant contributions to toxicology
_You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member._
What Society of Toxicology actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 11
- Total given
- $139K
- Median grant
- $12K
- Range
- $8,000–$33K
- By dollars: Kentucky 30%, New York 15%, Virginia 9%. Top recipient cities: Louisville, KY; New Brunswick, NY; Reston, VA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 27% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY
Student internship - fellowship
$33K
Rutgers the State University of NJ · New Brunswick, NY
Student internship - fellowship
$12K
International Union of Toxicology · Reston, VA
Student internship - fellowship
$12K
King University · Bristol, TN
Student internship - fellowship
$12K
The Trustees of Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN
Student internship - fellowship
$12K
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Fields of Work
- Science research
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