Supporting CRS Leadership for the Future
CRS Foundation postdoctoral fellowships support advanced research for an outstanding CRS member from academia, government, or industry. Selected from a pool of outstanding candidates, the CRS Foundation fellows reflect the highest level of scientific excellence and leadership potential in delivery science.
Honoring CRS Leaders of the Present and Past
The fellowships are named in honor of Controlled Release Society leaders who have made exceptional lifetime contributions to delivery science.
Since 2009, postdoctoral fellowships have been presented at the CRS annual meeting.
Here, selection chair Kinam Park (left) and
CRS Foundation chair Susan Cady (right) congratulate 2009 fellowship recipient David Nguyen (middle left) and 2010 fellowship recipient Qun Wang (middle right).
2012 Sung Wan Kim Postdoctoral Fellowship
Donations are invited for the $30,000 fellowship to be presented at the 2012 CRS Annual Meeting & Exposition. Look for application information in December 2011.
2011 Tsuneji Nagai Postdoctoral Fellowship
Awarded to Soo Hyeon Lee, working on the design of novel macromolecular conjugates for the delivery of antisense oligonucleotides to the colonic mucosa, with Professor Jean-Christophe Leroux’s group at ETH Zurich.
2010 Jorge Heller Postdoctoral Fellowship
Awarded to Qun Wang, researching the use of intestinal stem cells to treat colorectal cancer through regenerative medicine, within Professor Robert Langer’s laboratory at MIT and Harvard Medical School.
2009 Joseph R. Robinson Postdoctoral Fellowship
Awarded to David Nhu Nguyen, investigating how a novel vaccine adjuvant activates immune responses, in the laboratory of Dr. David Lewis at Stanford University while pursuing a medical degree.