Award at a Glance
Award amount: $500, plus reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and a one-year complimentary APS membership. First runners up (one undergraduate, one graduate) receive $250.
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) Scholander Award is given to an outstanding undergraduate, graduate or postdoctoral trainee presenting research in the Scholander Award Competition Poster Session at the American Physiology Summit. Finalists for the award will be judged on their poster presentation at the meeting. The top research presentations will be selected for the award.
Eligibility
The applicant must be :
- Conducting research relevant to the CEPS section.
- 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 American Physiology Summit.
Applicants may apply for multiple awards if eligible, but recipients may only accept one Section abstract-based award for the Summit. Scholander Poster Award Competition participants who have already received a Section abstract-based award may still compete in the poster session 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.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.