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Award at a Glance

Award amount: $250

Application deadline: Jan. 9

Questions? Contact:  APS Community Engagement Department or Natasha Boyes, DPhil, NCAR Trainee Chair 

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Award Description

The NCARnation Trainee Presentation Awards recognize research excellence by the Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Section's trainees in the areas of neural control, autonomic regulation and related physiological processes. This award is sponsored by anonymous donations from members of the American Physiological Society (APS) NCAR Section.  

Finalists for the NCARnation Trainee Presentation Award are required to make an oral presentation at American Physiology Summit to highlight their research. 

Eligibility

The applicant must:

  • Be an APS member with primary affiliation in the NCAR Section.
  • Be an undergraduate student, graduate student, or postdoctoral fellow. 
  • Submit a first-author abstract to a NCAR Foundational Science Session at the Summit.  
Criteria

There is no application required to participate in this competition. NCAR Trainee Committee members and former NCARnation participants review and select abstracts from those submitted by trainees to any NCAR abstract topic category. Twelve finalists are selected: Six undergraduate or graduate students and six postdoctoral fellows.

Speakers will be judged on the following factors during their presentation:

  • Significance.
  • Innovation.
  • Clarity of the presentation.
  • Familiarity with the field.
  • Ability to answer questions.