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: Dec. 9
Questions? Contact: Yass Kobayashi, PhD, Chair, CEPS Awards Committee
Award Description
The 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 runners-up.
Award Criteria
Applicants will be evaluated in the following areas:
- A clearly stated hypothesis or aim.
- The technical approach to the study.
- Results obtained with quantitative and statistical comparisons, when appopriate.
- A clearly stated conclusion.
- The significance of results to the field.
Eligibility
Applicant must:
- Be an undergraduate, graduate student, or postdoctoral fellow.
- Be conducting research relevant to comparative and evolutionary physiology.
- Be no more than three years past their highest degree.
- Be 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 if the competition is held at 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.
Application Requirements
A complete application must include:
- A PDF of the abstract submission.
- The abstract first author’s name and the sponsor’s or advisor’s name and email address.
- 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.
Conditions of the Award
Awardees must accept the award at the associated conference and attend the CEPS Section banquet (if at the Summit). Recipients are responsible for funding their travel.