Award at a Glance
Award amount: $1,500, plus up to $500 reimbursement of the registration fee to the American Physiology Summit
Application deadline: Jan. 9
Questions? Contact: Yass Kobayashi, PhD,, Chair, CEPS Awards Committee
Award Description
The American Physiological Society (APS) Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section (CEPS) Fauna Bio Translational Research Award recognizes early-career physiologists for promising translational research in comparative physiology that furthers the understanding of disease mechanisms. Fauna Bio sponsors this award.
Eligibility
The applicant must:
- Be an APS member with a primary CEPS affiliation.
- Be conducting translational research in the field of comparative and evolutionary physiology.
- Be a postdoctoral fellow or hold a rank no higher than assistant professor or equivalent.
- Attend the American Physiology Summit.
Criteria
The application package includes:
- PDF of abstract submitted to the Summit under a Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section topic category.
- The abstract number and first author’s full name, and sponsor or advisor’s full name and sponsor or advisor’s email address.
- Letter from the applicant and co-signed by the primary research mentor stating their eligibility for the award(s), contribution to the research, significance of the research in the abstract and statement of applicant’s research goals.
- Biosketch (National Institutes of Health or National Science Foundation format).
Materials in excess will be excluded from evaluation. The CEPS Award Committee will select the award recipient. This award will be presented at the CEPS banquet at the Summit.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.