Award at a Glance
Award amount: First place receives $1,000, plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit. Second and third place receive $500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit. All three awardees will receive up to $250 travel reimbursement and a complimentary ticket to the CV Section banquet.
Application deadline: Jan. 9
Questions? Contact: Jun Yu, MD, Chair, CV Section Awards Committee
Award Description
The American Physiological Society (APS) Cardiovascular (CV) Section Outstanding Graduate Student Trainee Award recognizes a graduate student poised to make significant contributions to the scientific areas represented by the CV Section.
Selected finalists for the Outstanding Graduate Student Trainee Award will give an oral presentation on their research in the Cardiovascular Section Young Investigator Competition at the American Physiology Summit.
Eligibility
The applicant must:
- Be an APS member with a primary CV Section affiliation.
- Be classified as a graduate student or equivalent with an academic institution or industry.
- Submit their abstract for the American Physiology Summit to the "Cardiovascular Section Young Investigator Competition" topic category.
Criteria
The application includes:
- PDF of the abstract.
- Abstract number and first author's full name.
- Topic category to which the abstract was submitted.
- Letter from the applicant's advisor, graduate study mentor or department chair in support of the candidate.
- Biosketch in National Institutes of Health format, including descriptions of the applicant's training plan, how this plan will address important questions in cardiovascular physiology, service to CV Section and significant contributions to cardiovascular research.
Awardees will be selected on the basis of:
- The quality of the abstract.
- The applicant's potential for development into an independent investigator.
- The applicant's ongoing and proposed future areas of investigation, as related to the CV Section.
- Service to APS and CV Section.
- Oral presentation in the Young Investigator Competition.
The awardee must attend and present their research at the Summit and attend the CV Section banquet where they will be recognized.
Selected finalists for the Outstanding Graduate Student Trainee Award will give an oral presentation on their research in the Cardiovascular Section Young Investigator Competition to determine the award ranking (first, second or third place).
Applicants may apply to as many awards as they are eligible for, however, recipients may only accept one abstract-based award for the American Physiology Summit.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.