Researchers

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

• Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – January 5
• Dependent Support Travel Awards (up to $500) – January 5
• The Charlie Bates Research Award ($1,000, early registration reimbursement to the American Physiology Summit) – January 5

February

• August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship of the Comparative & Evolutionary Section ($1,000, up to $2000 travel reimbursement, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and two complimentary tickets to the section banquet) – February 1
• Carl J. Wiggers Award ($1,000, plus reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the CV Section banquet) – February 8
• Gabor Kaley Memorial Lectureship Award ($1,000, plus up to $2,000 travel expenses, reimbursement of early registration fee to for the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the CV Section banquet) – February 8
• Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, plus up to $2,000 in travel expense reimbursement, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the CV Section banquet) – February 8
• Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, plus up to $2,000 for expense reimbursement and reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit) – February 15
• Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, plus up to $2000 travel reimbursement and reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to Renal Section banquet) – February 28
• Renal Section Mid-career Acheivement Award($1,000, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Renal Section banquet) – February 28

March

• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, plus up to $2,000 for reimbursement of travel and early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit ) – March 1
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Honor Award ($1,250 plus reimbursement of the early registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – March 1
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Impact Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit) – March 1
• Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, up to $2,000 to cover travel and per diem expenses and reimbursement of the advance registration fees to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Cell Section banquet) – March 15

May

• Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lecture of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section ($1,000 and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – 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

• Julius H. Comroe Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the Respiration Section ($1,000 plus up to $2,000 for travel expense reimbursement, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the Respiration 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 to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the section luncheon) – July 1
• Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lectureship ($2,500) – July 14
• Physiology in Perspective: The Walter B. Cannon Award Lecture ($4,000) – July 14
• Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship Award ($1,000, plus up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement, reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the Teaching of Physiology Section banquet) – July 15
• Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology & Metabolism Section ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – July 31

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 to the American Physiology Summit) – October 24
• Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award ($1,000 and up to $1,500 in travel expense reimbursement for the American Physiology Summit) – October 24

November

• Cardiovascular Section Clinical Science Young Investigator Award ($500, plus a complimentary personal online subscription to Clinical Science and a complimentary ticket to the CV Section banquet) – November 10
• Cardiovascular Section New Investigator Award  ($1,000, plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the CV Section banquet) – November 10
• Cell & Molecular Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Cell Section Dinner) – November 10
• Central Nervous System Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Central Nervous System Section Van Harreveld Memorial Award ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Endocrinology & Metabolism Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Endocrinology & Metabolism Section Virenda B. Mahesh Award for Excellence in Endocrinology ($2,000, reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit ) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section CANTROL Environmental Systems New Investigator Research Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section Early Career Research Award ($500 plus reimbursement of early registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of early registration fees for the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Linda F. Hayward Achievement Award of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section ($500 plus reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section (NCAR) New Investigator Award ($1,000, reimbursement of the advanced registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Respiration Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the Respiration Section banquet) – November 10
• Teaching Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the Teaching of Physiology Section banquet) – November 10
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Leonard Share Award ($1,000,reimbursement of advanced registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the WEH Section luncheon and a custom-designed award plaque) – November 10
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section New Investigator Award ($1,000,reimbursement of advance registration fee to the American Physiology Summit, a one-year complimentary APS membership, an invitation to publish a review based upon the American Physiology Summit presentation and a complimentary ticket to the WEH Section luncheon) – November 10
• William Galey Scholarship Award ($1,000, plus a complimentary ticket to the Teaching of Physiology Section banquet at the Summit or complimentary registration for the effective teaching course ($900 value) – November 10
• Annual Marion J. Siegman Lectureship Award ($1,000 and up to $2000 in travel expense reimbursement) – November 14

December

• ADInstruments Macknight Innovative Educator Award ($1,500, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a one-year subscription to ADI software) – December 1
• Arthur C. Guyton Awards for Excellence in Integrative Physiology ($10,000, and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – December 1
• Beverly Petterson Bishop Award for Excellence in Neuroscience ($20,000) – December 1
• Early- career Advocacy Fellowship (up to $1,500 travel reimbursement) – Deadline has been extended to December 8
• Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award (DSI Instrumentation Starter Kit (approximate value $20,000) and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – December 1
• Giles F. Filley Memorial Awards for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology & Medicine ($10,000) – December 1
• The International Early-career Physiologist (IECP) Travel Awards ($1,000) – December 1
• Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award ($10,000) – December 1
• Renal Section New Investigator Award ($1,000, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit, and complimentary admission to the Renal Section banquet-December 1
• Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology ($1,000, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Renal Section banquet) – December 1
• Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award ($10,000) – December 1
• Teaching of Physiology Section Travel Fellowships ($600) — December 1
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000, plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the CEPS banquet) – December 7
  
• Martin Frank Diversity Travel Award (up to $1500 travel reimbursement) – December 8
• Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Gastrointestinal & Liver Section banquet) – December 15
• Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship – ($1,000, reimbursement of the early registration fee and up to $2,000 travel reimbursement to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Gastrointestinal & Liver Section banquet) – December 15
• John S. Fordtran Distinguished Research Award- ($1,000, reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Gastrointestinal & Liver Section banquet) – December 15
• Michael J. Brody Young Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – December 15
• Physiological -Omics Group ADInstruments New Investigator Award ($500, reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket for the Interest Group luncheon) – December 15
• Physiological -Omics Distinguished Lectureship Award ($1,000, reimbursement of early registration fee for the APS annual meeting and a complimentary ticket to the Interest Group luncheon) – December 15
• Raj and Prem Goyal Lectureship in Pathophysiology of the Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases ($1,500, advance registration reimbursement for the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the GIL banquet) – December 15
• Raj and Prem Goyal Translational Research ($500, early registration reimbursement for the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Gastrointestinal & Liver Banquet) – December 15