Award at a Glance
Award amount: $500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit
Application deadline: Jan. 9
Questions? Contact: Daniel Christian, PhD, Chair, CNS Section Awards Committee
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.
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 under a CNS Section topic category.
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:
- 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.
Materials in excess will be excluded from evaluation.
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. Summit attendance is required to receive any section-based award.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.