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Award at a Glance

Award amount: $500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit  

Application deadline: January 6

Questions? Contact: Daniel Christian, PhD, Chair, CNS Section Awards Committee  

Who can apply: APS members at the graduate student or postdoctoral fellow career stage. 

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Award Description

The American Physiology (APS) Central Nervous System (CNS) Research Recognition Awards recognize outstanding research by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who present a first-author abstract at the American Physiology Summit. 

The CNS Section also offers a Steven M. Horvath RRA to the top ranked applicant from an underrepresented racial or ethic background. Underrepresented groups in basic and biomedical research are defined according 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 other 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.  

Applicants may only apply to the section to which their abstract was submitted.

Criteria

The application package includes:

  • PDF of abstract
  • Topic category to which the abstract was submitted.
  • A one-page statement to indicate applicant’s contribution to the research, the broader importance of the research ,and the applicant's research goals. This statement should be written by the trainee and signed by the mentor. 
  • Biosketch (National Institutes of Health or National Science Foundation format). 

Statement format: 

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

Applications are reviewed by APS section award committees and judged on the following: 

Abstract

  • Clearly stated hypothesis or aim.
  • Technical approach/methods 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 (see elements to include below). 
  • Biosketch.

Award recipients may receive this award once as a graduate student and once as a postdoctoral fellow, regardless of section affiliation.  Recipients may only accept one abstract-based award for the American Physiology Summit. 



Applications are only accepted via online submission.