OTS Lifetime Achievement Award Grant

The OTS Lifetime Achievement Award honors individuals who have significantly advanced the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics. Established by the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society, this award recognizes those who have made impactful contributions through research, mentorship, or leadership in the community. Recipients receive a $2,500 award, complimentary registration to the OTS Annual Meeting, and a keynote speaking opportunity, celebrating their lasting commitment to advancing therapeutic applications in oligonucleotide medicine.

About the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society (OTS)
The idea for the OTS was conceived in 2001 in a small secluded castle in Tuscany, Italy, by an international group of renowned oligonucleotide scientists. The idea of the founders was to bring together the expertise from different angles of oligonucleotide research to create synergies and to bring the field of oligonucleotides to its full therapeutic potential. A new era of oligonucleotide drugs was envisioned that would change the landscape of therapeutic modalities,very much like the impact that antibodies had on human therapeutics over the last decade.
The highly regarded annual OTS meeting draws experts from all over the world for cross-disciplinary exchange spanning expertise in chemistry and delivery, to biology, immunology and clinical medicine.
The OTS Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated a lasting commitment to the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics through outstanding contributions to education, research, and therapeutic application and are an outstanding example to young or new members of the field. Such individuals may have made this contribution through one, or many, of the following descriptions:
An individual who has made a significant scientific contribution to the field of oligonucleotide medicine, over decades, by means of multiple high impact publications, leadership in the oligonucleotide community, and mentorship to traineesAn individual who has made an exceptional scientific contribution to the field of oligonucleotide medicine through the publication of one or more revolutionary papers which have made an immediate and significant contribution to the field of oligonucleotide medicineAn individual who has played a critical role, over decades, guiding decisions at companies and/or in academia and who might not be identified with any one scientific discoveryAn individual who has played a critical role, over decades, in the leadership and/or mentorship or a prolific group of scientists/trainees
Recipient receives:
$2,500 USD awardComplimentary registration to the OTS Annual MeetingFormal presentation of the award at the OTS Annual MeetingKeynote speaking slot at the OTS Annual Meeting

Eligibility

Applicants falling into the categories of emeritus, academic professional (minimally at the rank of assistant professor), or industry professional can be nominated.Nominees and nominators for this award do not need to be OTS members for a nominee to be considered