Outstanding Research Publication Awards

The Outstanding Research Publication Awards include monetary prizes, certificates and invitations to give public presentations at an Odyssey Program-sponsored public seminar, where the awards will be officially presented to the winners.

The awardee must have been employed at MD Anderson as a postdoctoral fellow when the manuscript was submitted for publication. The awardee must be the first author on this paper, and the work must have been done at MD Anderson. The paper must have been published within FY16 (Sept. 1, 2015, to Aug. 31, 2016) or have been in press or officially accepted for publication by Aug. 31, 2016.

All MD Anderson postdoctoral fellows are eligible to apply. You must be the first author on the article. This may include authors contributing equally or co-first authors.

The application opens on Sept. 1, and the deadline is Oct. 31, at 5 p.m. CST. Eligible postdoctoral fellows will receive an email with detailed information.

Applications must contain the following:

1. A brief description (400 words or less) explaining the significance of the publication.
2. A curriculum vitae or biographical sketch in NIH format — two pages maximum — including a complete list of publications.
3. The research paper under consideration (published paper or in-press manuscript).
4. If the article has not yet been published, a copy of the official acceptance letter from the journal editor.

Download the biographical sketch form (pdf).

1. Download and complete the Outstanding Publication Award application form (pdf).
2. Save your completed 1) application form, 2) biographical sketch form and 3) copy of published paper/manuscript as PDF documents.
3. Combine your documents, in the order listed above, into a single PDF document.
4. Name the combined PDF document as follows: Lastname_Firstname.pdf.
5. Submit your combined PDF document to odyssey@mdanderson.org.

The Odyssey Program Advisory Committee will select award recipients based on the following criteria:

• Significance of the work described in the manuscript
• Novelty of findings reported
• Likelihood that the reported findings will advance the field
• Impact factor of the scientific journal where the article is or will be published

Refer to the Thomson Reuters Web of Science site for information on impact factor.

If several outstanding entries score similarly, additional considerations will include the following criteria:

• Number and importance of other recent publications by the same author
• Number of additional authors on the publication (listing fewer authors suggests a more significant contribution by each author)
• Quality of writing of the publication