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Award at a Glance

Award amount: $500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting  

Application deadline: December 15

Questions? Contact: Brendan Dougherty, PT, PhD, CNS Section Awards Chair 

Who can apply: See eligibility.

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Award Description

Research Recognition Awards (RRAs) recognize outstanding research by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who present a first-author abstract at the American Physiology Summit. Applications will be reviewed by APS CNS section award committee.

The CNS Section will also be awarding Steven M. Horvath RRAs to the top ranked applicant from an underrepresented racial/ethnic background.

 

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 APS annual meeting  

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 applicants must submit:

  • a copy of their abstract;
  • a 1 page letter/statement to indicate applicant’s contribution to the research, the broader importance of the research , and a statement of the applicant's research goals. This statement should be signed by the mentor. 
  • Biosketch (NIH or NSF format) 

Note: Award recipients are only allowed to 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.

Review Criteria

 

Applications will be reviewed for the following:

 

Abstract

  • A clearly stated hypothesis or aim
  • The technical approach to the study
  • The pertinent results obtained with quantitative and statistical comparisons, when appropriate
  • A clearly stated conclusion
  • The significance of the results to the field

Letter from the applicant 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
  • This letter/statement must be signed by the applicant’s mentor.

 

Biosketch (please consider career stage when reviewing and scoring)

 


Applications are only accepted via online submission.