The Promega Rising Researchers Award (“Award”) is available to individuals who are at least 18 years old and are a researcher or scientist that is enrolled in a life science PhD program as of the date their application for the Award is submitted. Examples of eligible life science research areas include, but are not limited to: biology, molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, biomedical science, genetics, microbiology, pharmacology, neuroscience, ecology, immunology, and other similar research areas.

Eligible individuals are not required to buy Promega products or pay any fees to participate. Employees of Promega Corporation and its subsidiaries and authorized distributors, and members of the immediate families of such employees, are not eligible.The Promega Rising Researchers Award is not available in all geographic regions. Applicants should please check the Promega website, or with their Promega representative or authorized Promega distributor, for availability in their area. Void where prohibited by law.

Voting Opens
Voters must have an academic domain e-mail address
(Finalists can promote their videos to collect votes)

All Finalists selected by the Promega Selection Committee will be asked to submit additional information such as a profile picture and answers to questions about their scientific background and interests. Finalists will also be asked to prepare a video up to 3 minutes long detailing their project.

This information will be made available on Promega’s website, along with a form that will allow other academic researchers to vote for one Finalist of their choice. The singular criteria for one to be able to vote will be to provide one's own academic email address, that is, an email with an academic domain, such as @harvard.edu, @stanford.edu, etc. Votes will be counted according to the voters’ country of residence, and one Finalist with the most votes per each participating Promega Branch (and the countries which they serve) will be deemed the Recipient for that Promega Branch. Therefore, the number of Recipients corresponds to the amount of participating Promega Branches (and not the number of participating countries).

Each Recipient will be notified by e-mail at the sole discretion of Promega, no later than Friday, December 6th, 2024. In the event a Recipient cannot receive their prize for any reason, the prize shall be awarded to an alternate winner as determined by the Promega Selection Committee.

Recipients Announced
The finalist with the most votes from each Promega Branch wins
(Grand prize trip to Madison, WI to meet our R&D)

Each Recipient will be awarded one visit to Promega Headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin (USA), with expenses covered, including transportation from and back to the Recipients’ place of residence, and accommodation and meals during the length of the Recipients’ stay. All Recipients will participate in the same visit, the date of which will be determined in agreement with the Recipients group and with reasonable and sufficient time in advance. During this visit, Recipients will participate in activities such as tours of Promega buildings and labs, one-on-one discussions with Promega scientists, lab trainings, workshops, and other activities aimed at the Recipients’ academic development.

For costs regarding Recipient passport and US Visa, please verify with your local Promega Branch.

Additional expenses incurred by individual choice of each Recipient, such as activities and purchases outside of the visit schedule, will not be covered by Promega.

Additional awards for other Finalists are at the discretion of those Finalists’ local Promega Branch.

By accepting the Rising Researchers Award, the Applicant will be asked to share information or data collected for marketing or commercial purposes. Specifically, winners agree to:

• Share stories from their research with Promega in the months following them receiving the Award.
• Support promotional activities at Promega’s request for 12 months following accepting the Award, which could include, but is not limited to, interviews, webinar presentations, website story features, videos, photoshoots, blogging, data sharing, and/or presenting at conferences or seminars. This content will be shared on the Promega website (www.promega.com), the Promega blog (www.promegaconnections.com) and Promega social media accounts including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Disclaimers

Recipients must acknowledge Promega in scientific publication(s) authored by the Award recipient related to the research performed and supported by the Award.

A detailed consent form will be provided that allows Applicants to choose which information they are willing to share and though which channels.

In case of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an online entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the e-mail account is registered. Recipients may be required to provide evidence that they are the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the selected entry. Return of any Award notification as undeliverable will result in forfeiture of the prize.

Entry information shall be the property of Promega. No prize transfer or cash redemption will be permitted. No prize substitution will be permitted, except by the sole discretion of Promega, in which case a prize of comparable or greater value may be awarded.

Promega reservesthe right to substitute any award of equal or greater value or to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the Award at its sole discretion.

By participating, Applicants agree to abide by and be bound by the rules and decisions of Promega which shall be final in all respects relating to this Rising Researchers Award, including without limitation the interpretation of this rule.

Participants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Promega, and their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, representatives, and respective employees from any and all claims, charges, injuries, liability, losses and/or damages of any kind resulting from or arising out of participation in the Rising Researchers Award and/or the acceptance, use, misuse or possession of any products received through the Rising Researchers Award. Recipients of this Award will be ineligible for future Rising Researchers Awards.