Thermo Scientific Quantitative Proteomics Research Grant Program

Quantitative Proteomics Research Grant program

At Thermo Fisher Scientific we are excited to support quantitative proteomics research through offering two mass spectrometry reagents grants. This program provides up to $11,000 USD of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents to qualifying doctoral or post-doctoral students who are using or plan to use mass spectrometry in their quantitative proteomics research.

Quantitative Proteomics Research Grant Program overview

The Thermo Scientific Quantitative Proteomics Research Grant Program awarded two eligible doctoral or post-doctoral students with reagent awards. The last applications were accepted from January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025. Official rules are posted below. Applicants sent in research proposals that demonstrate how they will use Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents to advance their quantitative proteomic research. The two grant recipients were selected by a panel of judges based on the recipient’s innovative and impactful intended use of Thermo Scientific reagents for use in quantitative proteomics research. Award recipients will be recognized during a Thermo Scientific sponsored event at ASMS in Baltimore, MD June 1–5, 2025 or other Thermo Scientific sponsored event. 

 

The panel of judges evaluated applications based on the following criteria, each worth 25% of the total score.

  1. Scientific merit: Use of novel applications for discovery or targeted quantitative proteomics to achieve their goals by using Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents listed in the eligibility criteria.
  2. Significance of use of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents: How using Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents will further the research. 
  3. Approach: How clear and well developed is the proposed use of the Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents to address the questions at hand and what instrumentation is available for analysis. 
  4. Equipment: Use of Thermo Fisher Scientific mass spectrometry instruments in their application proposal.

Quantitative proteomics research award recipients

2025 award recipients

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Recipient 1: $11,000

Kayla Markuson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Kayla is a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Nicholas M. Riley. The Riley Research Group uses mass-spectrometry and other analytical techniques to investigate protein glycosylation. They focus on systems glycobiology with the aim to develop tools to capture the glycocode at a systems level to understand its regulation across biological networks governing health and disease.

 

Kayla is currently researching ways to identify and quantitate glycosylation events using novel analytical techniques and analysis software from the Riley Research Group.

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Recipient 2: $11,000

Anthony Fung, Yale University, New Haven, CT USA

Tony is a postdoctoral fellow working in the Rong Fan Lab whose research focuses on developing novel single-cell and spatial multi-omics technologies to study human tissue function in normal physiology, aging, and disease.

 

Tony’s interests center on the integration of spatial multi-omics modalities to elucidate the interplay between biomolecular metabolism and immune aging and senescence.

2024 award recipients

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Recipient 1: $11,000

Haley Tarbox, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA

Haley is a graduate student in Dr. Fried’s lab. Dr. Fried’s lab focuses on studying protein folding from a holistic perspective. Their goal is to connect the basic biophysics of these macromolecules and their structures to the broader context of cell biology, aging biology, and prebiotic biochemistry.

 

Haley is currently working on using structural proteomics to investigate the molecular basis of cognitive decline in aging. Her research utilizes limited proteolysis mass spectrometry (LiP-MS) to investigate how protein structures change proteome-wide between cognitively impaired and unimpaired aged rats.

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Recipient 2: $11,000

Peter Bell, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada

Peter completed his postdoctoral training in the lab of Dr. Overall and is now a newly appointed Proteomics Research Manager in the same lab. The Overall Lab founded the field of "degradomics," which utilizes genomic and proteomic techniques to determine protease and protease-substrate repertoires—or "degradomes"—on a cell, tissue and organism-wide scale. 

 

Peter’s current research combines computational predictions with proteomics, to rapidly identify and detect cleavage of protease substrates.

Thermo Scientific Quantitative Proteomics Research Grant Program Official Rules

  1. HOW TO APPLY: The Thermo Scientific Quantitative Proteomics Research Grant Program (the “Program”) is void wherever prohibited or where registration or bonding is required and is subject to all applicable laws. To participate in the Program, you must submit your Grant Application (Application) at www.thermofisher.com/msgrant. All required information on the Application form must be completed. All Applications must be submitted in the English language. The Application must be received by Sponsor between 12:01 AM US Pacific Time on January 1, 2025 and 11:59 PM US Pacific Time on March 31, 2025. By applying, you represent that you are not prohibited by employment, law, regulation, or the policies or practices of your institution or employer from participating.
  2. ELIGIBILITY: The Program is open only to doctoral or post-doctoral students at academic, not-for-profit research institutions or commercial entities located in an eligible jurisdiction whose representative has submitted a completed Application. The person submitting the Application is the applicant (“Applicant”) and is entering on behalf of their employer, which will be the recipient of the grant (“Grant Recipient”). Applicant warrants that they have obtained any necessary permission to submit an Application to this Program and authorization from their employer or responsible supervisor. The Program is open only to Applicants who are new users of Thermo Scientific Tandem Mass Tag™ reagents, Thermo Scientific EasyPep MS Sample Preparation Kits, or Thermo Scientific SILAC Reagents for targeted quantitation (the “Reagents”). Determination of eligibility is at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies of Sponsor, and immediate family members and employees, officers and directors of Sponsor or those living in their same household, are not eligible to participate. By entering, Applicants give permission to Sponsor to contact them about its products and services, whether or not Applicant is selected to receive an award.

    Healthcare Professionals located outside of Europe, the Middle East and Africa may not participate in this promotion. The term Healthcare Professionals includes clinical or non-clinical physicians (including MDs and MDs/Ph.Ds), and physician assistants, nurses, technicians, research coordinators, administrators and purchasing personnel and entities (including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing facilities, home health agencies, clinics and group purchasing organizations, managed care organizations, physician group practices, medical directors for health insurance organizations, diagnostic institutions) and their employees and representatives who are involved in the actual provision of health care services.

    Healthcare Professionals located in Europe, the Middle East and Africa may not participate in this promotion. The term Healthcare Professional means any individual (with a clinical or non-clinical role; whether a government official, or employee or representative of a government agency or other public or private sector organization; including but not limited to, physicians, nurses, technicians, laboratory scientists, researchers, research co-ordinators or procurement professionals) that in the course of their professional activities may directly or indirectly purchase, lease, recommend, administer, use, supply, procure or determine the purchase or lease of, or who may prescribe medical technologies or related services. The definition of Healthcare Professionals includes individuals involved in research activity, not just those directly involved in the provision of healthcare services.

    Government Officials located in Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Europe, the Middle East and Africa may not participate in this promotion. Government Official shall mean: (i) Any officer or employee of a government or any department, agency or instrument of a government; (ii) Any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of a government or any department, agency, or instrument of a government; (iii) Any officer or employee of a company or business, university or institution owned or funded in whole or part by a government; (iv) Any officer or employee of a public international organization such as the World Bank or United Nations, the European Union or the World Health Organization; (v) Any officer or employee of a political party or any person acting in an official capacity on behalf of a political party; and/or (vi) Any candidate for political office.

    Void in Quebec, India, and where prohibited, licensed, or restricted by federal, state, provincial, or local laws, regulations, or agency/institutional policy.
  3. SELECTION: The objective of the Program is to encourage new and novice users to utilize any or any combination of Thermo Scientific TMT™ (including amine-, sulfhydryl- or carbonyl-reactive) labeling technology, Thermo Scientific™ EasyPep MS Sample Preparation Kits, and/or Thermo Scientific SILAC Reagents for discovery or targeted quantitative proteomic techniques. Submit the best ideas for applications of the Applicant’s experiment to show feasibility with the Reagents. In order to be considered for selection, Applicants must have the following available in connection with their proposal: biological samples and access to a Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry instrument that is compatible with the Thermo Scientific tandem mass tag labeling reagents, Thermo Scientific EasyPep MS Sample Preparation Kits, and/or Thermo Scientific SILAC Reagents.

    Applications will be judged by a panel of five R&D professionals from Sponsor based on the following criteria, each worth 25% of the total score: (1) Scientific merit: Use of novel applications for discovery or targeted quantitative proteomics to achieve their goals by using Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents listed in the eligibility criteria. (2) Significance of use of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents: How using Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents will further the research. (3) Approach: How clear and well developed is the proposed use of the Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents to address the questions at hand; what instrumentation is available for analysis. (4) Equipment: Use of Thermo Fisher Scientific mass spectrometry instruments in their application proposal.

    All qualifying applications will be anonymized prior to presentation to the judges. Judges’ decisions are final on all matters and shall not be subject to challenge or appeal.
  4. NOTIFICATION AND GRANT RECIPIENTS’ OBLIGATIONS: The two Grant Recipients will be notified by April 30, 2025 and, if eligible, recognized at the ASMS conference in Baltimore, MD during a Thermo Scientific sponsored event between June 1 and June 5, 2025 or at an alternative event. By participating, Applicants and Grant Recipients agree to these Official Rules, the Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. Products Terms and Conditions of Sale (applied to each Grant Recipient as if the Grant Recipient had ordered the product awarded), and the determination of each Grant Recipient by Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Applicants and Grant Recipients acknowledge and agree that they will provide the protocols they utilize in the project and any resulting data (the “Results”) to Sponsor for use by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, on websites of Sponsor and/or its affiliates or otherwise. Acceptance of the award constitutes permission to use a recipient’s name, biographical information, likeness and company information without further compensation, except where prohibited by law and as otherwise provided herein. No information regarding judging or selection will be disclosed.
  5. AWARD: Two Grant Recipients will be selected to receive a product credit for Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry reagents in the amount of $11,000 USD each (or equivalent in the local currency of the Grant Recipient) (the “Award”). Limit one Award per Grant Recipient. The Award must be used in a single purchase order. The Award must be used by no later than September 30, 2025. The number of recipients selected will be in Sponsor’s sole discretion and based on evaluation of the contents of the Application and the description of the proposed project. No financial or other compensation will be made for any other purpose, and Grant Recipient agrees to provide all other materials, personnel, laboratory space and equipment necessary, and to bear the expenses of their project. Applicants for the Grant Recipient will be attempted to be notified by email or mail. Any notification returned as undeliverable may result in disqualification. The Award is not transferable; no substitutions or cash equivalents are allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Applicant will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Assignment of Rights/Publicity Release (where legal) and the Grant Recipient will be required to execute and return an Acceptance of Grant document. Each document must be signed and returned to the Sponsor within 14 calendar days of notification attempt. If the Applicant and/or Grant Recipient fail to return these documents by the deadline, the grant will be forfeited and an alternate recipient may be determined, based on the criteria set forth above. TAXES, INCLUDING SALES, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TAX, IF ANY, RELATED TO THE AWARD ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GRANT RECIPIENT AND SPONSOR WILL, IF APPLICABLE, ISSUE A 1099-MISC TO THE GRANT RECIPIENT. No responsibility or liability is assumed for damages, losses or injury resulting from acceptance or use of any Award. All other expenses and costs not expressly listed above are each Grant Recipient’s sole responsibility.
  6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Ownership of the pre-existing underlying intellectual property of the Grant Recipient remains the property of the Grant Recipient subject to Sponsor's rights to reprint, display, reproduce, perform, use and exhibit the Application and any Results for the purpose of administering and promoting the Program and for Sponsor's marketing and advertising purposes. By participating in the Program, each Grant Recipient grants to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable license to reprint, display, reproduce, perform, use and exhibit (including the right to make derivative works of) the Application and materials, and information submitted on and in connection with the Program or use or receipt of the award, as well as materials and information provided by Sponsor for the purposes of running this Program, and the Results. Each Applicant and Grant Recipient hereby warrants that any Application and other materials and information provided by Applicant, and any Results, are original with Grant Recipient and do not violate or infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property, or other rights of any person or entity, and do not violate any rules or regulations. If the Application or information or materials provided by participant, and any Results, contain any material or elements that are not owned by participant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, Applicant represents that he or she has obtained, prior to submission of the Application and information or materials, and any Results, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit use and display of the Application, information and materials, and Results by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules without additional compensation.
  7. GENERAL RULES: In the event of a dispute regarding any Application, that Application will be deemed made by the first qualifying Applicant to submit the Application. Return of any award or award notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and alternate determination. By participating in this Program, Applicants and Grant Recipients agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware, software or telephone malfunctions of any kind; lost or unavailable network connections; or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications caused by the user or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Program, or by any human error that may occur in the processing of the online Application in this Program. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any Applicant or Grant Recipient who tampers or attempts to tamper with the Application process or the operation of the Program or website; violates the Official Rules; or acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Program may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person and participant to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Program if it is not capable of running as planned due to circumstances including, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other problems beyond the control of Sponsor. Sponsor and each of its respective affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees will have no liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with participation in this Program or any award. Each Grant Recipient assumes all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Program or use or redemption of any award.
  8. RELEASE/LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: YOU HEREBY HOLD SPONSOR HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIM ARISING FROM USE OF THE PROGRAM, THE APPLICATION, OR THE RESULTS. SPONSOR AND ITS AGENTS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST, LATE, DAMAGED, MISDIRECTED, ILLEGIBLE, INCOMPLETE OR MUTILATED APPLICATIONS; OR FOR ANY COMPUTER, ONLINE, TELEPHONE OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTIONS, DELAYS OR HUMAN ERRORS THAT OCCUR IN THE PROCESSING, TRANSMISSION OR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS; OR FOR INACCURATE TRANSCRIPTION OF APPLICATION INFORMATION; OR FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE STOLEN, MISDIRECTED, GARBLED, LOST OR DELAYED BY COMPUTER TRANSMISSIONS; OR IF FOR ANY REASON THE PROGRAM IS NOT CAPABLE OF BEING CONDUCTED AS PLANNED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INFECTION BY COMPUTER VIRUSES, BUGS, TAMPERING, UNAUTHORIZED INTERVENTION, FRAUD, TECHNICAL FAILURES OR OTHER CAUSES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF SPONSOR. SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION TO CANCEL, TERMINATE, MODIFY OR SUSPEND THE PROGRAM. SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INCORRECT OR INACCURATE APPLICATION INFORMATION, WHETHER CAUSED BY INTERNET USERS OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE PROGRAM, OR BY ANY TECHNICAL OR HUMAN ERROR THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE PROCESSING OF THE APPLICATIONS IN THE PROGRAM.
  9. CHOICE OF LAW; VENUE: Any disputes in connection with this Program will be resolved in the appropriate courts in San Diego, California, and will be subject to the laws of California, exclusive of its conflicts of laws principles.
  10. SPONSOR: The Sponsor of the Program is: Pierce Biotechnology, Inc., a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3747 N. Meridian Rd. P.O. Box 117 Rockford, IL 61105

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