This award coincides with National Medical Professionals Laboratory Week and allows medical laboratories individuals to demonstrate their interest in learning. The winner will be featured in the April 2009 issue of Medical Laboratory Observer. Deadline for nominations/submissions is 12:01 AM on February 1, 2009. Individuals will be judged on measurable achievements in each of ten areas. A panel of judges selected from MLO's Editorial Advisory Board will review all submissions to select the winner. At the time of their notification, winning individual will be asked to submit photographs according to an electronic standards format.

Candidates should be able to list:
* Clinical laboratory experience; professional organizational memberships; continuing education participation; and

* Contributions to teamwork to advance the clinical laboratory profession, including customer service and contribution to patient care.

Candidates should be able to describe:
* Why they want this scholarship and how the scholarship will help them contribute more to the profession;

* How they will share with others in innovative and creative ways the information they get from this award; and

* The qualities they possess that they believe are necessary to be a successful laboratory.