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Award at a Glance

Award amount: $500, plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the CEPS banquet 

Application deadline: January 6

Questions? Contact:  Karen Sweazea, PhD, Chair, CEPS Awards Committee 

Who Can Apply: APS members who are graduate students or postdocs

Past Awardees

Award Description

The American Physiological Society (APS) Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section (CEPS) Research Recognition Awards (RRAs) recognize outstanding research by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who present a first-author abstract at the American Physiology Summit.

The Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section also offers a Steven M. Horvath RRA to the top ranked applicant from an underrepresented racial or ethnic background. Underrepresented groups in basic and biomedical research are defined according to National Science Foundation/National Institutes of Health criteria as: 

  • Black or African American
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • American Indian or Alaska Native
  • Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders 
Eligibility

The applicant must:

  • Be a current APS member.
  • Be a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow/medical resident. 
  • Submit a first author abstract to the American Physiology Summit. 

Please note that the applicant may only apply to the section to which their abstract was submitted. There are no citizenship requirements for this award.

Criteria

The application package includes: 

  • PDF of the abstract.
  • The abstract number and first author’s full name, sponsor or advisor’s full name and sponsor or advisor’s email address.
  • Letter from the applicant and co-signed by the primary research mentor stating their eligibility for the award(s) applied for, contribution to the research, significance of the research contained in the abstract to the field and statement of applicant's research goals.
  • Biosketch (National Institutes of Health or National Science Foundation format).

Letter/statement format;

  • PDF
  • 0.8-inch margins
  • 11-point font
  • Single spaced

Award recipients may receive this award once as a graduate student and once as a postdoctoral fellow. Applicants may apply to as many awards as they are eligible for, however, recipients may only accept one abstract-based award for the American Physiology Summit.

Review Criteria

Applications will be reviewed for the following:

Abstract

  • A clearly stated hypothesis or aim.
  • Technical approach to the study.
  • Pertinent results obtained with quantitative and statistical comparisons, when appropriate.
  • Clearly stated conclusion.
  • Significance of the results to the field.

Other

  • Letter from the applicant and signed by the applicant’s mentor that addresses the following points (Note: This is not a letter of recommendation.): 
    • Role of applicant in research presented in the abstract.
    • Broader importance of the research described in the abstract.
    • Statement of applicant's research goals.
  • Biosketch (career stage is considered when reviewing and scoring).

Applications are reviewed by CEPS Awards Committee.

Applications are only accepted via online submission.