To honor the physicist, inventor and entrepreneur, Euromar and ICMRBS set up the Russell Varian Prize. A group of anonymous donors have revived this award as the Varian Young Investigator Award and it is now presented biennially at the ENC in odd-numbered years (at ENC 2025). The recipient receives a prize of $5,000.
2023 Recipient Tuo Wang
Associate Professor
Michigan State University
Call for 2025 Nominations
The Varian Young Investigator Award at ENC is intended to recognize a single investigator, for his/her achievements in any area of magnetic resonance.
Eligibility of Nominee: Must be within 10 years of receiving the Ph.D. at the time the award is conferred.
The Varian Young Investigator Award will be presented at the ENC in odd-numbered years. Nomination deadline is January 2025.
How to Nominate & Nomination Process:
Self-nominations will not be accepted, but nominations by the selection committee (SC) members are welcomed. No previous winner of a Varian themed award will be considered.
Nominations to include the following elements:
Name of nominee, with nominee's affiliation, phone, and e-mail
CV of the nominee
Name of nominator, address, phone, and e-mail
A brief (no more than 200 words) description of the work that forms the basis of the nomination
After training with Philo Farnsworth, Russell Varian invented the Klystron in 1937, a novel device for the generation of microwave radiation. Being light enough to be carried in aircraft, the Klystron enabled all-weather radar and played a vital role in WW-II at the battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic. In 1948, Russell and his brother, Sigurd, founded Varian Associates, a pioneering high-tech company in what became Silicon Valley. Besides being a brilliant innovator, Russell Varian was a socialist-leaning libertarian, a member of the ACLU and the Sierra Club. He died in 1959 while scouting Alaska for the setting of a new National Park.
Donations to fund the biennial award at the ENC are considered tax-deductible in the US as the ENC is recognized as a 501(c)3 organization by the IRS.