To honour Dr. Maud Menten, the Institute of Genetics has established the Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Prizes. Dr. Menten's outstanding career as a biomedical scientist led to many achievements including important co-discoveries relating to blood sugar, haemoglobin and kidney functions. In 1913, a collaboration with Leonor Michaelis on the behaviour of enzymes resulted in the Michaelis-Menten equation, a biochemical concept so fundamental that it is familiar to first-year science students.

The Maud Menten New Investigator Prizes is designed to recognize and support the research excellence of Canadian New Investigators working within the IG's mandate. It consists of a one-year, non-renewable $30,000 research grant. Annually the IG makes available a prize in each of the following research areas: i) biomedical; ii) clinical; and iii) health services/population health, including genetic ethical, legal and social issues. For each of the research areas, the IG also makes available two finalist prizes. The finalist prizes consist of a one-year, non-renewable $1,000 research grant. These research grants are intended to offset the direct costs of the recipient/finalist's research program.

For more information, please contact:

Mary Fraser Valiquette, M.Sc.
Team Lead, Program Delivery
Targeted Initiatives Branch
Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Tel: (613)941-4394
Fax: (613)954-1800
Email: mary.fraservaliquette@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Stephanie Robertson, MA
Assistant Director
Institute of Genetics
Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Tel: (613)954-0533
Fax: (613)954-1800
Email: stephanie.robertson@cihr-irsc.gc.ca