Award at a Glance
Award amount: $1,000, plus reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Cell Section banquet.
Application deadline: Jan. 9
Questions? Contact: APS Community Engagement Department
Award Description
The Cell & Molecular Physiology Section will award one New Investigator Award recognizing an outstanding investigator in the early stages of their career. Applicants should be investigators who have made meritorious contributions in cell and molecular physiology research areas.
The awardee will be recognized in the Cell & Molecular Section newsletter and at the American Physiology Summit. The Cell & Molecular Physiology Section New Investigator Award can only be received once by any individual. Attendance at the Summit is required to receive any abstract-based Section award.
Eligibility
The applicant must:
- Be an APS member in good standing.
- Have a primary Cell & Molecular Physiology Section affiliation.
- Be an early-career investigator holding a rank no higher than assistant professor or an equivalent research position in an academic institution or in industry (e.g., scientist, senior scientist, research investigator).
- Submit an abstract to the American Physiology Summit under a Cell Section Topic Category.
- Be the presenting author and/or the senior author of an oral or poster presentation at the Summit.
Abstracts must be submitted by the regular abstract submission deadline. All award application materials must be completed online by the award deadline.
Criteria
The application includes:
- Curriculum vitae.
- Two nomination letters from APS members.
- Three publication reprints.
- Abstract submission number, abstract first author's full name.
- PDF of the abstract.
If the applicant is the senior author of the abstract, a brief statement confirming that the research presented is from their lab is required.
Materials in excess will be excluded from evaluation.
Candidates will be judged on their publications, how the publications relate to the Cell Section, evidence for independence and promise (e.g., grant funding, peer review activities). Unlike other Cell Section awards, applicants do not need to be first author of the abstract; applicants are expected to be the senior author.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.