Trainees

Please read the APS Honors and Awards Policy. 

Awards are listed in alphabetical order by application deadline. Please select a month to see award deadlines for that month. Months without award deadlines do not appear on the list.

• January
• February
• April
• August
• November
• December
• Apply Anytime

January

• Dependent Support Travel Award (up to $500) - January 10
• Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Awards ($100 and a 1-year complimentary membership with The American Physiological Society) – January 14
• Porter Physiology Development Fellowship ($28,300) – January 15
• Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award ($1,000 and early complimentary registration for the APS annual meeting) – January 24
• Graduate Student Ambassador (up to $1200 travel reimbursement for APS annual meeting for 2 years) – January 24

February

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships ($4,000 stipend, $300 grant to research host) – February 1
• Data Sciences International Physiological-Omics Trainee Research Award ($300 for 1st place, $200 for 2nd place or $100 for 3rd place) - February 28

April

• Martin Frank Diversity Conference Support Award (up to $1500) – April 22 for the Institute on Teaching and Learning 
• Dependent Travel Support Award (up to $500) – April 22 for the Institute on Teaching and Learning
• Preparing Effective Physiology Educators (PrEP-E) an APS Professional Skills Training course - April 15
• William Galey Professional Skills Training Scholarship Award ($800) – April 22

August

November

• Postdoctoral Fellowship ($50,000) – Letter of intent due November 15
• Visual Career Abstract Award ($50 Amazon Gift Card)  - November 5 

December

• CANTROL Environmental Systems Predoctoral Research Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• CANTROL Environmental Systems Postdoctoral Research Award ($1,000 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Cardiovascular Section Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee Award ($1,000) – December 7
• Cardiovascular Section Outstanding Graduate Student Trainee Award ($1,000) – December 7
• Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting- December 7
• Central Nervous System Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Central Nervous System Section Van Harreveld Memorial Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Scholander Award ($500, one-year APS membership, and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Travel Award sponsored by Dr. Dolittle ($500, early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting, and complimentary admisssion to the CEPS dinner
• Comparative * Evolutionary Physiology Section Travel Award sponsored by Novo Nordisk Foundation ($500, early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting, and complimentary admission to the CEPS dinner) December 7
• Endocrinology & Metabolism Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology (EEP) Dr. Charles (Tip) Tipton Postdoctoral Research Award ($500  and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology (EEP) Dr. Charles (Tip) Tipton Predoctoral Research Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Gatorade Sport Science Institute Postdoctoral Research Award ($750 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Gatorade Sport Science Institute Predoctoral Research Award ($600 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Trainee Poster Awards  ($500, early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting, and complimentary admission to the GI&L banquet at EB) – December 7
• The Janet and Robert Speth Undergraduate Researcher Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Juan Carlos Romero and Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Postdoctoral Research Recognition Award – December 7
• The NCARnation Trainee Presentation Award ($250 to two winners) – December 7
• Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Experimental Biology Trainee Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Nike Loren G. Myhre Postdoctoral Research Award ($1,500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Nike Loren G. Myhre Predoctoral Research Award ($1,500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Partnership for Clean Competition Anti-doping Postdoctoral Research Award ($2,000 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Partnership for Clean Competition Anti-doping Predoctoral Research Award ($2,000 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Renal Section Research Recognition Awards ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Respiration Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Respiration Section Trainee Poster Presentation Awards ($100) - December 7
• Respiration Sections The Usha Awards ($500) - December 7
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Portland Press Predoctoral Research Recognition Award – December 7
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 7
• Underrepresented Minority Postdoctoral Research Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Underrepresented Minority Predoctoral Research Award ($500  and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Drs. Lou Stephenson and Margret (Peg) Kolka Women in Physiology Postdoctoral Research Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• Drs. Lou Stephenson and Margaret (Peg) Kolka Women in Physiology Predoctoral Research Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 7
• APS Early Career Advocacy Fellowship (up to $1,500) – December 10
• Cell & Molecular Physiology Section Research Recognition Award ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) - December 14
• Cell & Molecular Physiology Section Robert Gunn Student Awards ($500 and early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting) – December 14
• Martin Frank Diversity Travel Award (up to $1500 travel reimbursement) – December 14 
• Translational Research Award (Early registration reimbursement for the APS annual meeting and $500 for pre-doctoral or $800 for postdoctoral Award) – December 14
• William Galey Professional Skills Training Scholarship Award (Award amount will cover registration cost for online course) - TBA

Apply Anytime

• APS-sponsored AAAS Mass Media Fellowship ($600 weekly stipend) – Application window October 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021
• Local Undergraduate Research Awards in Physiology – Applications accepted on an on-going, year-round basis