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
• A list of up to five relevant publications.

Submit nominations by January 2025 by email to enc@enc-conference.org.

Decisions of the SC will be by a majority of those voting, with the Chair having a casting vote in the event of a tie. 

Past Recipients of the Varian Young Investigator Award at ENC

2019, Awarded at the 60th ENC, Asilomar Conference Center

Alexander Barnes, ETH Zurich

About
Russell Varian

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.