This Committee is composed of at least twelve members of the Society, a trainee member, and a Councillor liaison. The Chairpersons of the Porter Physiology Development Program and the Women in Physiology Committees are ex officio members, without vote.
Duties of the Awards Committee are to:
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Oversee all of the award programs of the Society to ensure uniformity and conformity with the goals of APS.
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Investigate new means of funding for the APS awards program, especially with regard to expansion of the program.
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Select the Research Career Enhancement Awardees, Teaching Career Enhancement Awardees, the APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics Awardee, the Arthur C. Guyton Awards for Excellence in Integrative Physiology Awardee, the Shih-Chin Wang Young Investigator Awardee, and the Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Awardee.
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Review procedures for the selection of sectional awards and recommend possiblechanges.