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Student Awards

For applications, contact the appropriate APS office as listed at 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3991. Phone: 301-634-7118; fax: 301-634-7242; e-mail: awards@the-aps.org

APS AWARDEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TAX RULES

 

AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship

Award: $4,500 stipend for the duration of the 10-week program, plus travel expenses to and from Washington D.C. for training and wrap-up.
Contact: APS Communications Office
Deadline: January 15, 2008

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APS sponsors an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mass Media Science and Engineering fellow. This individual will spend a summer working in the newsroom of a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station, sharpening his or her ability to communicate complex scientific issues to nonscientists and helping to improve public understanding of science.

Candidates must be enrolled as a graduate or postgraduate student of physiology or a related discipline. Generally, a background in scientific writing is preferred. It is recommended that applicants be able to demonstrate, through press clippings of their work, a history of communicating scientific information to the public.

For more information click here or e-mail Christine Guilfoy in the APS Communications Office. 

 

David S. Bruce Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research 

Award: $500
Contact: Education Office
Deadline: November 5 (abstract)
                January 12 (application)

This award provides funds to undergraduate students who are presenting their research at the Experimental Biology meeting. To be considered for the award, the candidate must be enrolled as an undergraduate student at the time of the application and EB meeting; be the first author on a submitted abstract for the EB meeting; and be working with an APS member. The recipients receive $500 and a certificate. The recipient must attend and present a poster at the meeting. Selection of awardees is based both on the abstract and letter of application, as well as an oral presentation of the poster to the David Bruce Award Selection Committee.

More Information and Application
2009 Finalists

Caroline tum Suden Professional Opportunity Awards

Award: Up to 36 awards, each for $500 + advanced meeting registration
Contact: Education Office
Deadline: Coincides with Experimental Biology meeting abstract deadline

2009 Awardees

APS AWARDEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TAX RULES
NEW:  Restrictions on receiving the award more than once as pre- or postdoctoral trainee
             Member requirement for applicants

This award provides funds for junior physiologists to attend and participate fully in the Experimental Biology meeting. The award is granted to as many as 36 male or female graduate students or postdoctoral fellows. The top two minority recipients will be designated as Steven M. Horvath Awardees.

To be considered for the award, the candidate must be the first author of an abstract submitted to APS and must be a member of APS at the time of application (either Student or Regular). To receive the award, recipients must attend EB, present a paper at the meeting, and attend the APS Business Meeting. The awardees receive $500 and complimentary registration for the Experimental Biology meeting.

Beginning in 2009, awardees will be allowed to only receive the tum Suden Award (or Horvath Award) once as a predoctoral student and once as a postdoctoral trainee

More Information and To Apply

APS Conference Student Awards

Award: Varies
Contact: Membership Services Office
Deadlines: Varies, depending on meeting/conference dates. Please check with the individual meeting websites.

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To encourage the participation of young scientists in training, awards are granted for outstanding abstract presentation by a graduate student and/or postdoctoral fellow who present a contributed paper and attend any of the APS Conferences. The recipient usually receives a cash award and complimentary registration. Guidelines can be found in the APS Conference's Call for Papers booklet.

Porter Physiology Fellowships for Minorities

Award: $20,772 stipend
Contact: Education Office
Deadline: January 15

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This award is designed to support the training of talented students entering careers in physiology by providing predoctoral fellowships for underrepresented students (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Native Alaskans, and Native Pacific Islanders). 

The applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or its territories. The applicant must have been accepted into or currently enrolled in a graduate program in physiology at the time of the application.

More Information and Applications
2006-2007 Awardees
2008-2009 Awardees
2009-2010 Awardees

Minority Travel Fellowship Awards

Award: Experimental Biology or APS Conference travel expenses paid
Contact: Education Office
Deadline: One week after the Experimental Biology abstract deadline or APS Conference abstract deadline

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The APS Minority Travel Fellowship Award for physiologists from underrepresented minority groups (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Native Alaskans, and Native Pacific Islanders) sponsored by NIDDK and NIGMS, are open to advanced undergraduate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral students. Students in the APS Porter Physiology Development Program are eligible to apply. Minority faculty members at MBRS and MARC-eligible institutions may also submit applications. The intent of this award is to increase participation of pre- and postdoctoral minority students in physiological sciences. The recipient receives funds for travel and a per diem to attend either the Experimental Biology meeting or one of the APS Conferences. Each recipient is matched with an APS mentor at the meeting.

APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics

Award: $36,000 annual stipend and $3,500 trainee allowance; $38,000 second- year stipend with $3,500 trainee allowance
Contact: Executive Office
Deadline: January 16

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Formerly known as the APS-Genentech Postdoctoral Fellowship, the APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics has been established in recognition of the fact that many advances in genomics ultimately require a functional understanding in the context of the organism, and special training is needed to conduct this type of research. The ideal candidate is one who has completed outstanding work in a top-flight graduate program (e.g., molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and who has the intention of employing organ system approaches during his/her postdoctoral training. Alternatively, a well-trained graduate in integrative physiology might wish to expand his/her work through the use of molecular biological tools and genomics. A central criterion of the postdoctoral project requires the scientist to use the tools of cellular and molecular biology in the setting of the whole animal. [Assays and/or analyses can be performed in vitro on material harvested from control and experimental animals, but material cannot solely be harvested and then exposed to the control and experimental conditions in vitro].

A candidate for this program should identify a laboratory within the United States and a sponsor who is an APS Member in good standing under whose supervision a project in organ system physiology and molecular biology/genomics can be combined. The laboratory host/sponsor must be a member of the American Physiological Society, and it is anticipated that award recipients will join the Society. The award funds cover a two-year period and include an annual stipend for the first year of $37,000, plus a trainee allowance of $3,500; and a second-year stipend of $39,000, plus a trainee allowance of $3,500. The award does not include an indirect cost reimbursement.

Adequate progress must be demonstrated by a written report submitted to the APS following the first year before a second year stipend and trainee allowance can be awarded.

Applications will now only be accepted via online submission. Please go to http://www.the-aps.org/awardapps to apply.
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