Researchers

Please read the APS Honors and Awards Policy.

Awards are listed in alphabetical order by application deadline. Please select a month to see award deadlines for that month. Months without award deadlines do not appear on the list.

January

• ADInstruments Macknight Innovative Educator Award ($1,500, reimbursement of the APS annual meeting advance registration fee, and a one year subscription to the ADI software) – January 9 
• Dependent Support Travel Award (up to $500) – January 13 for APS annual meeting 
• Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – January 24
  

February

• August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship of the Comparative & Evolutionary Section ($1,000, up to $2000 travel reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and two complimentary tickets to the CEPS banquet) – February 1
• Carl J. Wiggers Award ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the annual banquet of the CV Section) – February 8
• Gabor Kaley Memorial Lectureship Award ($1,000, up to $2,000 travel expenses, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the CV Section annual banquet) – February 8
• Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, up to $2,000 in travel reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the annual banquet of the CV Section) – February 8
• Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000) – February 15
• 2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, up to $1500 travel reimbursement, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the Renal Banquet) – February 28
• Renal Section Young Investigator Award ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the section banquet) – February 28

March

• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000, and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – March 1
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Honor Award ($1,250 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – March 1
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Impact Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – March 1
• Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship ($1,000)- March 15
• Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lecture of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – March 19

April

• Martin Frank Diversity Conference Support Award (up to $1500) – April 22 for the Institute on Teaching and Learning 
• Dependent Travel Support Award (up to $500) – April 22 for the Institute on Teaching and Learning 
• William Galey Professional Skills Training Scholarship Award ($800) – April 22

May

• 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

• Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology & Metabolism Section ($1,000) – June 6 (for the 2023 Award)
• Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – Deadline extended to  June 15
• Julius H. Comroe Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the Respiration Section ($1,000) – June 30

July

• Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lecture of the APS Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section ($1,000 honorarium, up to $2000 to cover travel and per diem expenses, and a ticket to the section luncheon) – July 1
• Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lecture ($2,500) – July 1 
• Physiology in Perspective: The Walter B. Cannon Award Lecture ($4,000) – July 1
• Martin Frank Diversity Conference Support Award (up to $1500 travel reimbursement) – July 15 for the Comparative Physiology: From Organisms to Omics in an Uncertain World
• Dependent Travel Support Award (up to $500) – July 15 for the Comparative Physiology: From Organisms to Omics in an Uncertain World

August

September

• APS Fellows (FAPS)-September 15

October

• A. Clifford Barger Underrepresented Minority Mentorship Award ($1,000 honorarium, and reimbursement of travel expenses up to $1,500) – Deadline extended to October 10
• Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of travel expenses up to $1,500) – Deadline extended October 10

November

• Annual Marion J. Siegman Lectureship Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting)- November 14

December

• Beverly Petterson Bishop Award for Excellence in Neuroscience ($20,000) – December 9
• APS Early career Advocacy Fellowship (up to $1,500) – December 10 
• 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 ticket to the annual banquet of the CV Section) – December 15
• Cardiovascular Section New Investigator Award  ($1,000, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the annual banquet of the CV Section) – December 15
• Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award ($500, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the annual banquet of the CV Section) – December 15
• Cell & Molecular Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Cell & Molecular Physiology Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting)– December 15
• Cell & Molecular Physiology Section Robert Gunn Student Awards ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting)– December 15
• Central Nervous System Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Central Nervous System Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Central Nervous System Section Van Harreveld Memorial Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award (Reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting and DSI Instrumentation Starter Kit (approximate value $20,000)) – December 15
• Endocrinology & Metabolism Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Endocrinology & Metabolism Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section CANTROL Environmental Systems New Investigator Research Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section Early Career Research Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Distinguished Research Award - ($1,500 honorarium, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and complimentary admission to the GI & Liver Section Banquet at the 2024 American Physiology Summit) – December 15
• Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section  New Investigator Award ($1,000 honorarium, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, complimentary admission to the GI & Liver Section banquet) – December 15
• Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Giles F. Filley Memorial Awards for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology & Medicine ($10,000) – December 15
• Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship - ($1,000, reimbursement of the advance registration to the APS annual meeting, up to $2,000 travel reimbursement to the APS annual meeting, and complimentary ticket to the section banquet) – December 15
• Juan Carlos Romero and Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Postdoctoral Research Recognition Award ($500, a ticket to the Section luncheon) – December 15
• Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award ($10,000) – December 15
• Leonard Share Award of the APS Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section ($1,000, reimbursement of the advance registration to the APS annual meeting, a ticket to the Section luncheon) – December 15
• Michael J. Brody Young Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Data Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student Award ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section (NCAR) New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of the advance registration to the APS annual meeting)– December 15
• Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Research Recognition Awards ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Renal Section New Investigator Award ($1,000, and reimbursement of the advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Renal Section Postdoctoral Excellence in Renal Research Awards (up to $500) – December 15
• Renal Section Predoctoral Excellence in Renal Research Awards (up to $500) – December 15
• Renal Section Research Recognition Awards ($500, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Respiration Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Respiration Section Research Recognition Awards ($500 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Respiration Section Outstanding Trainee Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting)– December 15
• Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award ($10,000) – December 15
• The Physiological-Omics Distinguished Lectureship Award ($1,000, reimbursement of the advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the POG luncheon) – December 15
• Physiological-Omics Group ADInstruments New Investigator Award ($500, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the POG luncheon) – December 15
• Teaching Section New Investigator Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of the advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Teaching Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and reimbursement of the advance registration to the APS annual meeting)– December 15
• Virenda B. Mahesh Award of Excellence in Endocrinology ($2,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 15
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section New Investigator Award supported by Data Sciences International ($1000, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, a ticket to the section luncheon) – December 15
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Portland Press Predoctoral Research Recognition Award ($300, and a ticket to the Section luncheon) – December 15
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Research Recognition Award ($500, reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and a ticket to the Section luncheon) – December 15
• Martin Frank Diversity Travel Award (up to $1500 travel reimbursement for APS annual meeting) – December 16
• The International Early career Physiologist (IECP) Travel Awards ($1,000) – December 16
• Translational Research Award (reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting, and $500 for pre-doctoral or $800 for postdoctoral Award) – December 16
• Linda F. Hayward Achievement Award of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Section ($500 and reimbursement of the advance registration to the APS annual meeting) – December 31
• Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology ($1,000 and reimbursement of advance registration to the APS annual meeting) –December 31

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