RULES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 2024 Michelson Philanthropies & SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY Prize

• Entrant must be a researcher in the field of immunology research with an M.D., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D. received in the last 10 years and no older than 35 years of age.
• The entrant's essay must describe innovative research by young investigators and articulatate how their new approaches have led to advances in vaccine and immunotherapy research that will have a lasting impact.
• The entrant must have performed or directed the work described in the essay.
• Text generated from AI, machine learning, or similar algorithmic tools cannot be used to generate or edit the submission nor its accompanying figures, images, or graphics, without explicit permission from the Science editors. Furthermore, prior to publication of the winning entries, winners will be required to sign Science’s License to Publish, wherein the entrant must warrant that they have followed this requirement.
• The research must have been performed during the previous three years.

• While the research may be part of a larger team effort, for the purposes of this Prize, an eligble entrant must be a single individual and the essay must focus on their contribution.

  Employees of Michelson Philanthropies, its subsidiaries, Science and AAAS, and their relatives are not eligible for the prize.