Steven C. Beering Award

The Steven C. Beering Award honors an internationally recognized individual for outstanding research contributions to advancing biomedical or clinical science. The Beering Award was established in 1983, honoring Dr. Beering's important contributions to the IU School of Medicine as its dean from 1974 to 1983. Dr. Beering was the youngest dean appointed to the School of Medicine. He became Purdue University's president, serving until his retirement on August 14th, 2000. The award is presented annually and consists of a memento and a prize of $25,000. Eight of the past Beering Award recipients have become Nobel laureates, either before or after receipt of this award.

Nominate a candidate

Nominations for the next round of consideration are due Nov. 18. Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.

Submit a nomination

Current Winner

Robert Malenka, MD, PhD

Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of the Nancy Pritzker Laboratory
Founder of Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University

Nomination Process

Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. Nominations submitted by Nov. 18 will be considered for the next available prize.

Nominations should be accompanied by a summary statement emphasizing the most important academic accomplishment(s) of the nominee, importance to biomedical or clinical science and why you believe they are deserving of this honor.

Please include the following in the nomination packet:

Support letter that includes summary statement
Curriculum Vitae
List of key publications

Past Winners

2023	Stanley Crooke, MD, PhD, Founder, Chairman and CEO of n-Lorem
2019	George R. Stark, PhD, Cleveland Clinic
2018	George Church, PhD, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, a founding member of the Wyss Institute, and director of personalgenormes.org.
2017	Michael J. Welsh, MD, Director for the Pappajohn Biomedical Institute at the University of Iowa.
2016	Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and Director for the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washing University in St. Louis.
2015	Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College and Provost for Medical Affairs of Cornell . “Stressed Out: A Novel Approach to Cancer Immunotherapy.”
2014	William G Kaelin, Jr., MD, Professor of Medicine at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center Harvard Medical School. “The Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor: Insights into Oxygen Sensing and Cancer.”
2013	Roger J. Davis, PhD, Professor of Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at University of Massachusetts Medical School. “Metabolic Stress Responses”