Award at a Glance
Award amount: $500, plus reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit or APS Comparative Physiology Conference and a one-year complimentary APS membership. First runners up (one undergraduate, one graduate) receive $250.
Application deadline: May 15
Questions? Contact: Yass Kobayashi, PhD, Chair, CEPS Awards Committee
Award Description
The American Physiological Society (APS) Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section (CEPS) Scholander Award is given to an outstanding undergraduate, graduate or postdoctoral trainee presenting research in the Scholander Award Poster Session Competition at the American Physiology Summit or the APS Comparative Physiology Conference. Finalists for the award will be judged on their poster presentation at the meeting. The top research presentation will be selected for the award.
There is a maximum of two runner-ups.
Eligibility
The applicant must be :
- Conducting research relevant to comparative and evolutionary physiology.
- No more than three years past their highest degree.
- First author on the abstract and present their research during the Scholander Award Poster Session Competition at the Summit or the Comparative Physiology Conference.
Applicants may apply for multiple awards if eligible, but recipients may only accept one section abstract-based award for the Summit. Scholander Poster Award Session Competition participants who have already received a section abstract-based award may still compete in the poster session at the Summit but are ineligible to win.
Criteria
The application package includes:
- PDF of abstract submission.
- Abstract first author’s name.
- Abstract sponsor or advisor’s full name and email.
- Statement from advisor or transcript certifying that the applicant is not more than three years past earning their highest degree.
- Evidence that the applicant is conducting comparative or evolutionary physiology research based on publications and/or grants.
Awardees will be recognized at the CEPS business meeting and banquet at the Summit, or at the APS Comparative Physiology Conference banquet.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.