Researcher Awards

Researchers including early-career, mid-career and established investigators are eligible for these awards. This includes assistant, associate and full professors or equivalent roles in non-academic career sectors). 

Dec. 1 Deadline
Jan. 9 Deadline
Feb. 28 Deadline
March 14 Deadline

Trainee Awards

Trainees—including undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows or equivalent roles in non-academic settings)—are eligible for these awards. 

Jan. 9 Deadline
2024 American Journal of Physiology-Renal Paper of the Year Awardees

Inês Castela, Juliana Morais, Inês Barreiros-Mota, Marta P. Silvestre, Cláudia Marques, Catarina Rodrigues, Shámila Ismael, João R. Araújo, Miguel Ângelo-Dias, Catarina Martins, Luís Miguel Borrego, Rosário Monteiro, Sílvia Ribeiro Coutinho, Conceição Calhau, Cátia Martins, Ana Faria, Diogo Pestana, and Diana Teixeira

“Decreased adiponectin/leptin ratio relates to insulin resistance in adults with obesity”

2023 American Journal of Physiology-Renal Paper of the Year Awardees

Andrew Orwick, Sopia M. Sears, Cierra N. Sharp, Mark A. Doll, Parag P. Shah, Leah J. Siskind. 

"Lung cancer-kidney cross talk induces kidney injury, interstitial fibrosis, and enhances cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicit." 

2022 American Journal of Physiology-Renal Paper of the Year Awardees

Lauren G. Douma, Hannah M. Costello, G. Ryan Crislip, Kit-Yan Cheng, I. Jeanette Lynch, Alexandria Juffre, Dominique Barral, Sarah Masten, Emilio Roig, Kevin Beguiristain, Wendy Li, Phillip Bratanatawira, Charles S. Wingo, and Michelle L. Gumz

"Kidney-specific KO of the circadian clock protein PER1 alters renal Na+ handling, aldosterone levels, and kidney/adrenal gene expression." 

2021 American Journal of Physiology-Renal Paper of the Year Awardees

Núria M. Pastor-Soler, Hui Li, Jessica Pham, Daniel Rivera, Pei-Yin Ho, Valeria Mancino, Biagio Saitta, and Kenneth R. Hallows

"Metformin improves relevant disease parameters in an autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease mouse model."