Award at a Glance
Award amount: $750, plus early registration for the American Physiology Summit and admission to the section banquet.
Application deadline: Dec. 9
Questions? Contact: Daniel Christian, PhD, Chair, CNS Section Awards Committee
Award Description
The Van Harreveld Memorial Award of the Central Nervous System Section recognizes outstanding research in neuroscience by graduate students who attend the American Physiology Summit.
Award Criteria
Applications will be evaluated based on the quality, relevance and completeness of the submitted abstract and curriculum vitae, with consideration given to the applicant's scholarly, professional, and/or research experience as demonstrated in the application materials.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be a graduate student.
- Be the first author on an abstract submitted to a CNS Section topic category.
- Be able to attend the American Physiology Summit to accept the award.
Application Requirements
A complete application must include:
- Confirmation that the applicant’s abstract is submitted to a CNS Section topic category and name of topic category.
- A PDF of the abstract submission.
- The abstract author's name.
- A curriculum vitae.
The CNS Section Awards Committee selects up to three recipients each year.
Conditions of the Award
The awardee must accept the award at the Summit and attend the CNS Section banquet. Recipients are responsible for funding their travel.
Applicants may apply to as many awards as they are eligible for, however, recipients may only accept one abstract-based award for the Summit.
About Antonie Van Harreveld
Antonie Van Harreveld, MD, PhD, (1904-1988) was a renowned professor of physiology. His chief research interest was mammalian physiology, including the ultrastructure of nervous tissue, the effects of chemicals on the nervous system, the effects of acute and chronic oxygen deviation on nervous functions and the creation of memory traces in the brain.