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The American Physiological Society (APS) is committed to creating an environment where individuals can exchange ideas and be safe, accepted and respected. Please read the APS Honors and Awards Policy.
Researcher awards are geared toward members in early-, mid- and established career levels, defined as assistant professor or above. Awards are listed in alphabetical order by application deadline. You may also view APS and section awards in the list below. Months without award deadlines do not appear on the list.
Please visit each individual webpage for award and application details, eligibility and review criteria.
January
- Teaching Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – January 15
- Teaching Section Research Recognition Awards ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – January 15
- Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – January 13
- Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Research Recognition Award ($ 500, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and complimentary admission to the CEPS dinner)
- Dependent Support Travel Award (up to $500) – January 13 for the APS annual meeting
- Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – January 24
- Endocrinology & Metabolism Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – January 31
February
- Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 honorarium, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket for the section banquet) – February 1
- Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Raj and Prem Goyal Lectureship in Pathophysiology ($1,500, advance registration reimbursement for the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the GIL banquet) – February 1
- ADInstruments Macknight Innovative Educator Award ($1,500, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a one-year subscription to ADI software) – February 3
- Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Distinguished Research Award - ($1,500 honorarium, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – February 8
- Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship - ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel expense reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – February 8
- The Physiological Omics Distinguished Lectureship Award ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the Interest Group luncheon) – February 10
- Physiological-Omics Group ADInstruments New Investigator Award ($500, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket for the Interest Group luncheon) – February 10
- Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – February 15
- The Charlie Bates Research Award ($1,000, advance registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – February 17
- Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – February 22
- 2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, up to $1,500 travel reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – February 28
March
- Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – March 1
- Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Honor Award ($1,250 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – March 1
- Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Impact Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – March 1
- Carl J. Wiggers Award ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – March 18
- Renal Section Young Investigator Award ($1,000, advance registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting and a ticket to the section banquet) – March 21
- Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) - March 31
April
- Gabor Kaley Memorial Lectureship Award ($1,000, up to $2,000 travel expenses, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – April 7
- August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship of the Comparative & Evolutionary Section ($1,000, up to $2000 travel reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and two complimentary tickets to the section banquet) – April 14
May
- Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology & Metabolism Section ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – May 8
- Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lecture of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – May 19
- John F. Perkins, Jr. Research Career Enhancement Awards (up to $20,000) – May 31
- Teaching Career Enhancement Awards (up to $10,000) – May 31
June
- Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship Award ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement,
reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – June 1
- Julius H. Comroe Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the Respiration Section ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – June 30
July
- Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lecture of the APS Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section ($1,000 honorarium, up to $2,000 to for travel expenses, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section luncheon) – July 1
- Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lectureship ($2,500) – July 1
- Physiology in Perspective: The Walter B. Cannon Award Lecture ($4,000) – July 1
September
- APS Fellows (FAPS) – September 15
October
- A. Clifford Barger Underrepresented Minority Mentorship Award ($1,000 honorarium and up to $1,500 in travel expense reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – October 10
- Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award ($1,000 and up to $1,500 in travel expense reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – October 10
November
- Annual Marion J. Siegman Lectureship Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – November 14
December
- Beverly Petterson Bishop Award for Excellence in Neuroscience ($20,000) – Deadline extended December 15
- Early- career Advocacy Fellowship (up to $1,500) – Deadline extended December 16
- Arthur C. Guyton Awards for Excellence in Integrative Physiology ($10,000) – December 15
- Cardiovascular Section Clinical Science Young Investigator Award ($500, complimentary personal subscription to Clinical Science and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – December 15
- Cardiovascular Section New Investigator Award ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – December 15
- Central Nervous System Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Central Nervous System Section Van Harreveld Memorial Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award (DSI Instrumentation Starter Kit (approximate value $20,000) and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Endocrinology & Metabolism Section Virenda B. Mahesh Award for Excellence in Endocrinology ($2,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section CANTROL Environmental Systems New Investigator Research Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section Early Career Research Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Raj and Prem Goyal Translational Research ($500, advanced registration reimbursement for the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the GIL Banquet) – December 15
- Giles F. Filley Memorial Awards for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology & Medicine ($10,000) – December 15
- Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award ($10,000) – December 15
- Michael J. Brody Young Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section (NCAR) New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Renal Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Respiration Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Respiration Section Outstanding Trainee Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 15
- Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award ($10,000) – December 15
- Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section and Juan Carlos Romero Postdoctoral Research Recognition Award ($500 and
a complimentary ticket to the section luncheon) – December 15
- Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Leonard Share Award ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section luncheon) – December 15
- Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section New Investigator Award supported by Data Sciences International ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the section luncheon) – December 15
- The International Early-career Physiologist (IECP) Travel Awards ($1,000) – December 16
- Martin Frank Diversity Travel Award (up to $1500 travel reimbursement) - December 16
- Cell & Molecular Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – Deadline extended to December 31
- Linda F. Hayward Achievement Award of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 31
- Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology ($1,000 and reimbursement
of advance registration fee for the APS annual meeting) – December 31