TERMIS-AP announces the Call for nomination of 2022 TERMIS-AP Awards
The deadline for the submission of nominations for the 2022 TERMIS-AP Awards Program is Tuesday, July 5^th, 2022.

TERMIS-AP AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS

• Guoping Chen (Chair)
• Jin Ho Lee
• Yasuhiko Tabata
• Jen Ming Yang
• Shengmin Zhang

As approved unanimously by the TERMIS-AP Council, the following awards and recognitions will be given at the TERMIS-AP 2022 Conference:

• Excellence Achievement Award
• Outstanding Scientist Award
• Young Investigator Award

The deadline for the submission of nominations for the 2022 TERMIS-AP Awards Program is Tuesday, July 5^th, 2022. Please refer to the following criteria of each award. Nomination packages of each award should be submitted to the TERMIS Administrator:
TERMIS-AP Awards Committee
c/o Sarah Wilburn
Email: swilburn@termis.org

Procedures
The Call is made by the TERMIS-AP Awards Committee through TERMIS HQ. The members of the TERMIS-AP Awards Committee should declare any conflict of interest and not participate in the selection process of any interested nominees.

The TERMIS-AP Awards Committee will arrange for the review of all the nomination packages. For each category of award, there should be at least 3 independent reviewers. The reviewers will have to declare any “Conflict of Interest” before the review. The TERMIS-AP Awards Committee shall discuss the recommendations from the reviewers and select the respective winners. The TERMIS-AP Awards Committee then presents the selected winners to the TERMIS AP Council for approval.

The TERMIS-AP Awards Committee will prepare the certificates and plaques of each award. The Chair of the TERMIS AP Chapter and Awards Committee shall present the certificates and plaques to all the recipients of each award at the recognition ceremony that will be held at the TERMIS-AP 2022 Conference.

Each nomination package submitted for consideration must include the following information:

• Curriculum Vitae
• A two-page summary of achievements
• A full list of publications and patents 
• 3 representative publications
• One (1) letter of recommendation
• Confirmation of attendance to accept the award at the TERMIS-AP 2022 Conference

TERMIS-AP Awards Criteria/Descriptions

Excellence Achievement Award 
The Excellence Achievement Award has been established to recognize a researcher in the Asia-Pacific region who has made continuous and landmark contributions to the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine field. The award will be acknowledged to an individual, whose work has immense impact, including sustained remarkable contribution to the literatures and the establishment of the TERM field. This award is aimed to provide recognition to the researchers with outstanding contributions and professional excellence achieved in TERM arena, such as scientists, clinicians, educators and/or contributors to TERMIS activities. The nominee must be a TERMIS-AP member, has worked most of his/her career in the TERMIS-AP geographical area and should be nominated by a member of TERMIS-AP.

Outstanding Scientist Award 
The Outstanding Scientist Award has been established to recognize a mid-career researcher in the Asia-Pacific region who has made significant contributions to the TERM field. The nominated person must have obtained his/her terminal degree 10 years or greater prior to the deadline of the Call. The nominee should be actively involved in the TERM field with well-recognized achievements within the community. To be considered for this award, the person must be a TERMIS-AP member and may apply for the award or be nominated by a TERMIS-AP member.

Young Investigator Award 
The Young Investigator Award has been established to recognize a young researcher in the Asia-Pacific region who has made significant and consistent achievements in the TERM field, showing a clear evidence of his/her potential to excel. The person will be selected based on the nominee’s significant achievements and publications focused within a specific research area. The person must have obtained his/her terminal degree less than 10 years prior to the deadline of the Call. To be considered for this award, the person must be a TERMIS-AP member and may apply for the award or be nominated by a TERMIS-AP member. 

Past TERMIS-AP Award Recipients

2021 TERMIS-AP Awards Recipients

Prof. Akon Higuchi Outstanding Scientist Award	Dr. Yinghong Zhu Young Investigator Award	Dr. Iman Roohani Young Investigator Award

2022 TERMIS-AP Awards Recipients

Prof. Yasuhiko Tabata Excellence Achievement Award	Prof. Yin Xiao Outstanding Scientist Award	Dr. Jiao Jiao Li Young Investigator Award	Dr. Khoon Lim Young Investigator Award