The Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award annually recognizes outstanding research that illustrates how medical or health research impacts the economy.
Nominations will be accepted through June 20, 2008.
Please see the Nomination Guide for more details.
2008 Award
Research!America
is pleased to invite you to make a nomination for the seventh annual Eugene
Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award. Established in
2002, the award annually recognizes outstanding research demonstrating how
medical and health research impacts the economy. Generously supported by the
Eugene Garfield Foundation, the award carries an honorarium of $5,000 and will
be presented on October 14, 2008 in Washington, DC in conjunction with the Research!America
Board of Directors' meeting in Washington, DC. We are pleased to announce that our keynote speaker this year is New
York Times Economic Scene columnist and The Times Magazine staff
writer, David Leonhardt.
According to former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD, Garfield Award winners 
"clearly and unequivocally illustrate that research for health is worth the cost."
Previous Award Winners:
- 2007 - Tomas J. Philipson, PhD, and Anupam B. Jena, PhD
- 2006 - Amy Finkelstein, PhD, MPhil
- 2004 - Sherry A.M. Glied, PhD
- 2003 - David Cutler, PhD
- 2002 - David Meltzer, MD, PhD