The Keio Medical Science Prize 2021
Invitation for Nominations

Dear Sir/Madam,February 2021

On behalf of the Keio University Medical Science Fund, I would like to invite you to make a nomination forthe 26th Keio Medical Science Prize 2021. Keio University annually awards The Keio Medical Science Prize
to recognize researchers who have made an outstanding contribution to the fields of medicine or the life
sciences. Please see the nomination guidelines on the next page for details.
We look forward to receiving your nomination.
Yours sincerely,Akira Haseyama, Ph.D.
President, Keio University
Chairperson, Board of Directors of the Keio University Medical Science Fund

The Keio Medical Science Prize 2021
Objective

FieldPrize
Ceremony
Deadline

The Keio Medical Science Prize gives recognition to the outstanding and creative achievementsof researchers in the fields of the medical and life sciences, in particular those contributing toscientific developments in medicine. It aims to promote worldwide advances in life sciences andmedicine, to encourage the expansion of researcher networks throughout the world, and tocontribute to the well-being of humankind.
Basic medicine, clinical medicine, or life sciences closely related to medicine
The Prize will be awarded to two laureates. Each laureate receives a certificate of merit, a medal,
and a monetary award of 10 million yen.
The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in November 2021.
Nominations must reach the Keio University Medical Science Fund Office by March 7, 2021.
Please refer to the guidelines on the following page for more details.

Prize Laureates
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002*
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007*
2008

Stanley B. Prusiner, Shigetada Nakanishi
Robert A. Weinberg, Tadatsugu Taniguchi
M. Judah Folkman, Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Shinya YoshikawaArnold J. Levine, Yusuke Nakamura
Tony Hunter, Masatoshi Takeichi
Barry J. Marshall, Koichi Tanaka
Ronald M. Evans, Yasushi Miyashita
Roger Y. TsienYoshinori Fujiyoshi
Thomas A. Steitz
Brian J. Druker, Hiroaki Mitsuya
Fred H. Gage, Shimon Sakaguchi*Clinical medical sciences
2009
2010
2011
2012*
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017*
2018
2019
2020

Jeffrey M. Friedman, Kenji Kangawa
Jules A. Hoffmann, Shizuo Akira
Philip A. Beachy, Keiji Tanaka
Steven A. Rosenberg, Hiroyuki ManoVictor R. Ambros, Shigekazu Nagata
Karl Deisseroth, Hiroshi Hamada
Jeffrey I. Gordon, Yoshinori Ohsumi
Svante Pääbo, Tasuku Honjo
John E. Dick, Seiji Ogawa
Feng Zhang, Masashi Yanagisawa
Hans C. Cleves, Tadamitsu Kishimoto
Aviv Regev, Atsushi Miyawaki

Guidelines for Making a Nominations
Criteria

 The nominee must have made a breakthrough in medicine and the life sciences, or a related field.
 The nominee must have made an outstanding contribution to basic and clinical medicine.

Selection

13 selection committee members and around 80 specialists from various fields within and outside Keio
University will select laureates through a rigorous review process.

Eligibility

The Keio Medical Science Prize is an international award; nominees can be any nationality, but must be
currently active in their field of research and be expected to make future contributions to the field.

Nomination

 Individual nominators may make only one nomination.
 There is no limit to the number of nominations that institutions or organizations may make, but academic
societies may make only a small number of nominations. In the case of making multiple nominations,nominations are limited to one nominee per research theme.

Online NominationPlease submit nomination materials through our Online Nomination Form at:https://www.ms-fund.keio.ac.jp/en/
The following items must be included in the online nomination form for your nomination
to be completed.
1. List of 5 major publications (including DOI).
2. Nominee’s curriculum vitae (including date created)
3. Nominee’s bibliography*If you cannot submit nomination materials online, please contact us by email at:
k-nomination@adst.keio.ac.jp

Deadline

Nominations must reach the Keio University Medical Science Fund Office by March 7, 2021.

Please note A nomination should be made for one researcher only. We do not accept group nominations.
 Nomination materials will not be returned.
 Nomination materials will be used exclusively for the selection process and will not be used or disclosed
for any other purposes.
 Those who have submit a nomination will be informed of the results at the end of September after final
decisions have been made.
 Inquiries about the status of the selection process will not be answered.
 Even if you are not making nominations this year, please let us know if there are any changes to yourcontact details by filling out the second page of the nomination form and send it back to us.
The Keio University Medical Science Fund
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5363-3609 Fax: +81-3-5363-3215
E-mail: k-nomination@adst.keio.ac.jp
URL: http://www.ms-fund.keio.ac.jp/en/