Date Effective: October 25, 1988

POLICY AND PROCEDURE MEMORANDUM ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE - 12

SUBJECT:     Erwin Shayne Benjamin Award for Student Research

GENERAL STATEMENT

Dr. Gordon Smith and Ms. Katy Benjamin, sister of the late Erwin Shayne Benjamin, wish to establish a memorial fund to endow an annual award of $500.00, for a period of five years, bearing the name "The Erwin Shayne Benjamin Award."

POLICY

The award has been established to recognize a continuing student from any department in the Bloomberg School of Public Health who is engaged in research in a topic relevant to congenital birth defects, and/or childhood disabilities.  The award will be based on the merit of the research proposal.

PROCEDURES

Each year, beginning in December 1988, a memorandum will be sent to appropriate departments soliciting nominations of doctoral candidates who have produced a research proposal which merits consideration for the award.  Nominations must be supported by a letter from the student's advisor, a copy of the student's transcript and a brief (no more than one page) description of the proposal.

The Honors and Awards Committee for the School shall appoint a faculty panel to assess the quality of the nominations.  Based on the judgement of the faculty panel, selection will be made on the doctoral candidate who has produced an outstanding research proposal on a topic relevant to congenital birth defects, and/or childhood disabilities.

Eligibility is limited to continuing doctoral candidates in the Bloomberg School of Public Health who have completed or are about to complete at least one year in residence and who are planning to undertake dissertation research in congenital birth defects and/or childhood disabilities.

The monetary award of $500.00 will be conferred annually, and shall be payable in December of each year for five years, beginning in 1988.  At the time of graduation, the names of the recipients of the award shall be listed in the Convocation program.