THE STANDING AWARD
Guidelines
The Ken Standing Award is presented by the University of Manitoba and ETP Symposium Inc. to honour a scientist who has made a significant contribution to technology development in support of research in the life sciences. Nominees are expected to be 50 years or younger at the time of the nomination. The award is presented at the ETP Symposium and includes a $2500 cash award and a commemorative sculpture. The award winner will be a featured speaker at the Lake Louise Tandem MS Workshop. The award honours the career of Ken Standing, Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, who was a major figure in the development of time-of-flight mass spectrometry for bioanalytical applications. The award will be presented at the 2024 Lake Louise Tandem MS Workshop. The selection committee will include peer scientists and the ETP Scientific Advisory Committee.
The nominators for this award is asked to provide the following information:
Please include the following in the nomination package:
1) A short description, to a maximum of four pages, of the achievement outlining the technology contribution and impact to research in the life sciences,
2) Nominee’s CV,
3) A copy of two of the nominee’s publications relating to the technology,
4) Supporting letters from two individuals.
When preparing these documents, please use Arial 12 font, one-inch margins
A single PDF document may be emailed to Janette Champ.
File to be no bigger than 5MB.
Nomination document is now being accepted.
Last day to submit: August 1, 2026
Notification of Winner: September 30, 2026
Presentation will take place at the 38th Annual Tandem Mass Spectrometry Workshop, Lake Louise, AB (December 2 to 5, 2026)