Trainees

APS is committed to creating an environment where individuals can exchange ideas and be safe, accepted and respected. Please read the APS Honors and Awards Policy.

Trainee awards are geared towards student and postdoctoral-level members. They 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.

Please visit each individual web page for award and application details, as well as eligibility and review criteria.

• January
• February
• July
• November
• December
• Apply Anytime

January

• Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award ($1,000 and reimbursement of early registration to the American Physiology Summit) – January 5
• Dependent Support Travel Award (up to $500) – January 5
• Porter Physiology Development Fellowship ($28,300) – January 15
• Graduate Student Ambassador (up to $1200 travel reimbursement for APS annual meeting for up to 2 years) – January 22

February

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships ($4,000 stipend, $300 grant to research host) – February 1

November

• Cardiovascular Section Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee Award (First place $1,000, reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit. Second and third place: $500, reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit.) – November 10
• Cardiovascular Section Outstanding Graduate Student Trainee Award (First place $1,000, reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit. Second and third place: $500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit.) – November 10
• Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Awards ($500, reimbursement of early registration to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the CV Section banquet) – November 10
• Cell & Molecular Physiology Section Research Recognition Awards ($500, reimbursement of advance registration to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Cell Section dinner) – November 10
• Cell & Molecular Physiology Section Robert Gunn Student Awards ($500, reimbursement of advance registration fee to the American Physiology Summi ) – November 10
• Central Nervous System Section Research Recognition Awards ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Central Nervous System Section Van Harreveld Memorial Award ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Endocrinology & Metabolism Section Research Recognition Awards ($500, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Section banquet) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section CANTROL Environmental Systems Predoctoral Research Award ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section CANTROL Environmental Systems Postdoctoral Research Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Charles (Tip) Tipton Postdoctoral Research Award ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Charles (Tip) Tipton Predoctoral Research Award ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fees for the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Gatorade Sport Science Institute Postdoctoral Research Award ($750 plus reimbursement of the early registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Gatorade Sport Science Institute Predoctoral Research Award ($600 plus reimbursement of the early registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Nike Loren G. Myhre Postdoctoral Research Award ($1,500 and early registration reimbursement to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Nike Loren G. Myhre Predoctoral Research Award ($1,500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Partnership for Clean Competition Anti-doping Postdoctoral Research Award ($2,000, reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Partnership for Clean Competition Anti-doping Predoctoral Research Award ($2,000 plus reimbursement of the early registration fees for the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Steven M. Horvath Research Recognition Awards ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology) – November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Women in Physiology Postdoctoral Research Award ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit-November 10
• Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Women in Physiology Predoctoral Research Award ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• NCARnation Trainee Presentation Awards ($250) – November 10
• Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) American Physiology Summit Trainee Award ($500) – November 10
• Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section Research Recognition Awards ($500 reimbursement of advance registration fees to the American Physiology Summit) – November 10
• Renal Section Research Recognition Awards ($500, reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Section banquet) – November 10
• Respiration Section Outstanding Trainee Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the Respiration Section banquet) – November 10
• Respiration Section Research Recognition Awards ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the Respiration Section dinner) – November 10
• Respiration Section Trainee Poster Presentation Awards ($100) – November 10
• Respiration Section The Usha Awards ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the Respiration Section Dinner) - November 10
• Teaching Section Research Recognition Awards ($500, plus reimbursement of early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the Teaching of Physiology Section banquet) – November 10
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section and Juan Carlos Romero Postdoctoral Research Award – ($1,000, plus a complimentary one-year APS membership and a ticket to the WEH Section luncheon. Two runners-up will receive $500)- November 10
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Predoctoral Research Awards – ($300, plus a complimentary one-year APS membership and a ticket to the WEH Section luncheon) – November 10
• Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Research Recognition Awards ($500, reimbursement of advance registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket to the WEH Section luncheon) – November 10
• William Galey Scholarship Award ($1,000, plus a complimentary ticket to the Teaching of Physiology Section banquet at the Summit or complimentary registration for the effective teaching course ($900 value) – November 10
• Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Awards ($100 and a complimentary one-year APS membership) – November 24

December

• Early-career Advocacy Fellowship (up to $1,500 travel reimbursement) – Deadline extended to December 8
• The International Early-career Physiologist (IECP) Travel Awards ($1,000) – December 1
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Research Recognition Awards ($500 plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary ticket to the CEPS banquet) – December 7
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Scholander Award ($500 plus a one-year complimentary APS membership and reimbursement of the early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit) – December 7
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Travel Award sponsored by Dr. Dolittle ($500, plus reimbursement of the early registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the CEPS banquet) – December 7
• Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Travel Award sponsored by Novo Nordisk Foundation ($500, reimbursement of the advance registration fee for the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the CEPS banquet) – December 7
• Martin Frank Diversity Travel Award (up to $1500 travel reimbursement) – December 8
• Translational Research Award ($500 for predoctoral or $800 for postdoctoral and early registration fee reimbursement to the American Physiology Summit) – December 8
• Arthur C. Guyton Awards for Excellence in Integrative Physiology ($10,000, and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – December 15
• Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award (DSI Instrumentation Starter Kit (approximate value $20,000) and reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit) – December 15
• Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Research Recognition Awards ($500 and early registration fee reimbursement to the American Physiology Summit) – December 15
  
• Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section Trainee Poster Awards  ($500, early registration reimbursement to the American Physiology Summit and a complimentary ticket for the section banquet) – December 15
• Giles F. Filley Memorial Awards for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology & Medicine ($10,000) – December 15
• Janet and Robert Speth Undergraduate Researcher Award ($500 and early registration fee reimbursement to the American Physiology Summit) – December 15
• Physiological Omics Trainee Research Award ($300 (1st place), $200 (2nd place) and $100 (3rd place) and a complimentary ticket to the POG luncheon – December 15
• Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award ($10,000) – December 15

Apply Anytime

• Local Undergraduate Research Awards in Physiology – Applications accepted on an on-going, year-round basis