Description
Each year Microscopy Today presents ten awards to organizations or individuals who have launched or published innovations in microscopy or microanalysis. Winning products and methods are selected based on their usefulness to the microscopy community. The entries most likely to win are those that provide better, faster, easier, or entirely new methods of analysis using a microscope or microanalytical instrument.
Eligibility
Entries will be accepted only for the following: (a) new commercial microscopy-related products that were first marketed in the previous calendar year or (b) new microscopy methods and inventions that were first published in peer-reviewed journals in the previous calendar year. While multiple entries from the same organization are allowed, a single company or individual cannot receive more than one award in a given year. Officers and editors of the Microscopy Society of America and their subcontractors are not eligible.
Nominations
Entries may come from colleagues or as self-nominations. There are only four questions on the entry form. There is no charge to enter this competition.
Entry Forms
Download an entry form here or contact Bob Price at bob.price@uscmed.sc.edu.
Deadline
The annual deadline for completed forms is March 21 or the following Monday if this day falls on a weekend.
Previous Winners
Descriptions of winning products and methods are published in the September issue of Microscopy Today. View the magazine and previous issues here.
2024 Winners
Light Microscopy
Advanced Optical Technologies for CrystalView large-area crystallography
Crest Optics for CICERO spinning-disk device for fluorescence microscopy
Miltenyi Biotec for LightSpeed mode option for UltraMicroscope Blaze
All Microscopies
Oak Ridge National Laboratory for AEcroscopy enabling automated microscopy experiments
Electron Microscopy
Carl Zeiss Microscopy for Volutome in-chamber ultramicrotome for SEM
DENSsolutions for Lightning Arctic in-situ TEM heating, cooling, and biasing
IDES and turbo TEM for Tempo low-dose imaging and dose modulation
Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis for Unity combining BSE and X-ray images
Quantifoil, SPT Labtech, and MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology for HexAuFoil cryo-electron microscopy specimen supports
Thermo Fisher Scientific for Meridian EX electron-beam failure analysis system