About IRIS
Awards
The IRIS Board offers two Awards: The IRIS Award is granted to a promising clinician/scientist and the Osborne Award for career achievement in veterinary nephrology.
Osborne Award is presented to a distinguished scientist for exemplary life-long contributions to veterinary nephrology.
The award of $15,000 USD funded by Novartis Animal Health, acquired by and now supported by Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, has been granted five times since 1999 and is designed to reward career achievement in veterinary nephrology. The award winner is also funded by Elanco Animal Health to attend the ACVIM & ECVIM Congresses to receive their award and present an overview of their research.
IRIS Award is provided to a promising clinician/scientist for outstanding fundamental or clinical research in the field of veterinary nephrology.
The award of $10,000 USD now funded by Zoetis US LLC, has been granted annually since 2000 (every two years from 2006) and is designed to encourage veterinary nephrology research. The award winner is also funded to attend the ACVIM & ECVIM Congresses to receive their award and present an overview of their research. Nominations for the 2024 award are now open. Deadline extended to March 24th 2024
» Nominations for the 2024 award are now open.