INSTITUTIONAL

1. The Rev. Fr. Lourdu M. Yeddanapalli S. J. Medal

The Rev. Fr. Lourdu M. Yeddanapalli S. J. Medal is awarded to a Scientist in the Christian Medical College, Vellore who has made an outstanding contribution to basic or applied sciences in India. The recipient should not be more than 45 years on 1st January of the year of application. No person is eligible to receive the award more than once.

The nomination may be sent with details of academic career and accomplishments of the nominee with four sets of reprints of research papers, articles, books etc. published during the preceding 5 years to the Additional Vice-Principal (Research) Committee on or before 1st August of the year of application.

2. Research Award for Undergraduate Student

A Prize is awarded each year to the Undergraduate student who submits the best research paper. The Committee set up for evaluating Under Graduate Research Award grades reports on a 10 point scale on five aspects, relevance, methodology, analysis, conclusions, presentation and discussion. Students applying for the Undergraduate Research Award should submit 4 copies of a complete report of their project to the Additional Vice-Principal (Research) by 1st August of the year of application.

3. Best Paper (Senatus Award)

The Senatus has instituted an award of a gold medal for the best paper published every year by a junior member of the Faculty (i.e. a non Senatus member). A panel of experts will scrutinize the submission and decides on the best paper. The paper is scored based on relevance of objectives, study design, analysis, presentation, discussion, impact and the prominence of the journal is which the article is published. A covering letter and four copies of the paper should be sent to the Additional Vice-Principal (Research) by 1st August of the year of application.

4. IJMPO Award (Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology Award)

The IJMPO award was established to recognize the outstanding research conducted by a post-graduate student during his or her training in the Christian Medical College, Vellore. The award was instituted with support from the Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. This award is open to all post-graduate students, including Master’s, MD/DM, MS/MCh and PhD trainees. Papers published in the previous calendar year arising out of work done during the training programme are eligible for the award, and are ranked on their significant contributions to basic or clinical medical research.