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Programs and Events

Annual Top 10 Awards

This Year’s Top 10 Awardees

The Clinical Research Forum is proud to recognize the 2026 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awardees, listed in alphabetical order:

10 Facts About the Annual Top 10 Awards

  • Recognizes up to 10 outstanding U.S. clinical research studies each year.
  • Studies must be published in a peer‑reviewed journal within the eligibility window.
  • Eligible research spans clinical trials, translational research, data science with human data, outcomes research and more.
  • One study receives the Herbert Pardes Clinical Research Excellence Award ($7,500).
  • Two studies receive Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Awards ($5,000 each).
  • Studies led by early‑career PIs are eligible for the Young Investigator Breakthrough Award.
  • Awardees are recognized at the Clinical Research Forum’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
  • Winning teams are featured in a Top 10 video, press outreach and the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science (JCTS).
  • Awardees may present findings during Translational Science (when held in Washington, D.C.).
  • Awardees receive travel and lodging support for a representative to attend award events.