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Awards and Grants
| The Cassen Prize
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This prestigious prize is named in honor of the late physicist Benedict Cassen, whose invention, the rectilinear scanner, first brought the ability to image patients to nuclear medicine. His widow, Mary Wylie Cassen, made a bequest to the Foundation to establish a major award. The awarding of this prize is in recognition of outstanding achievement is essential to encourage development and growth in nuclear medicine. The Cassen Prize has been called the Nobel Prize of nuclear medicine and currently carries an award of $25,000.
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| The Cassen Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award
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In addition to the Cassen Prize, the Cassen Estate also established a Postdoctoral Fellowship. This special award provides an opportunity for recent doctoral degree recipients, who have demonstrated exceptional ability, to broaden their experience by participating in research activities at an institution other than their degree-granting institution. Postdoctoral Fellowships currently carry an award of $25,000.
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| Grants, Awards, and Scholarships
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Application and information on SNM research grants, scholarships, fellowships and other awards funded by the ERF.
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