You can now participate in the high-profile, medical essay contest sponsored by the Lasker Foundation, promoted by the Journal of Clinical Investigation. It's a career-building opportunity for medical students / biomedical research fellows / grad students in the health professions, et. al.  

The contest opens early February 2025 and is sponsored by the Lasker Foundation –  home to the Lasker Award that is regarded as America’s preeminent biomedical research prize for nearly 80 years.

Submissions for the Essay Contest [in English] are accepted through early April 2025.

Winning essays will be published in the July 2025 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and on the Lasker Foundation website.

Each year, the Lasker student essay contest attracts several hundred talented, early-career medical students and researchers, brings them under the Lasker umbrella, invites them to hone their communications skills, and provides several winners with up to $5,000 to offset university expenses, along with a resume-building opportunity.

Further information about the Essay Contest available here