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Award at a Glance

Award amount: $500, plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the CV Section banquet.   

Application deadline: Jan. 9

Questions? Contact: Jun Yu, MD,  Chair, CV Section Awards Committee 

Award Description

The American Physiological Society (APS) Cardiovascular (CV) Section Research Recognition Award recognizes 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 a postdoctoral fellow/medical resident.  
  • Submit a first-author abstract to the Summit under a CV Section topic category. 

Please note that the applicant may only apply to the APS section to which their abstract was submitted.

Criteria 

The application package includes:

  • PDF of the abstract. 
  • The abstract number and first author's full name, sponsor’s or advisor's full name and sponsor’s or advisor's email address. 
  • Topic category to which the abstract was submitted.
  • 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 in 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, regardless of section affiliation. Applicants may apply to as many awards as they are eligible for, however, recipients may only accept one abstract-based award for the Summit.   

 Review Criteria

Applications will be judged on the following:

 

Abstract

  • Clearly stated hypothesis or aim.
  • Technical approach to the study.
  • Pertinent results obtained with quantitative and statistical comparisons, when appropriate. 
  • Appropriate conclusion and significance.

Other

  • Letter from the applicant (see elements to include above). 
  • Biosketch.

Materials in excess will be excluded from evaluation.

 

 

Applications are only accepted via online submission.