The Judah Folkman Award is a mid-career award. At the time of the Award, nominees will be between 3 and 15 years of their first faculty appointment (Assistant Professor, or in the case of for-profit, Staff Scientist or equivalent). Therefore, a nominee's initial faculty appointment must be between 1999 and 2011 for the 2014 award.
An award recipient will have made a significant impact on the field of vascular biology through his/her original research accomplishments.