Award at a Glance
Award amount: $1,000 honorarium, reimbursement of early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and complimentary admission to the Cell Section Dinner
Application deadline: November 10
Questions? Contact: Ann Marie Bocus, Sections Administrator
Who can apply: APS Members in the early stages of their career.
Award Description
The Cell & Molecular Physiology Section will award one New Investigator Award recognizing an outstanding investigator in the early stages of their career. Candidates should be investigators who have made meritorious contributions in cell and molecular physiology research areas.
The awardee will be recognized in the Cell Section newsletter and at the American Physiology Summit. The New Investigator Award can only be received once by any individual.
Eligibility
The applicant must:
- be an APS member with a primary affiliation with the Cell & Molecular Physiology Section,
- not be above the rank of assistant professor or a comparable position in a research track at an academic institution or in industry (e.g., scientist, senior scientist, research investigator),
- receive nominations from at least two regular APS members,
- submit an abstract to the American Physiology Summit under a Cell Section Topic Category,
- attend the Physiology Summit, and
- be the presenting author and/or the senior author of an oral or poster presentation at the Summit.
Abstracts must be submitted by the meeting abstract submission deadline. All award application materials must be completed online by the deadline.
Criteria
The application includes:
- a curriculum vitae,
- two nomination letters from APS members,
- three publication reprints,
- abstract submission number, abstract first author's full name, and
- PDF copy of the abstract.
If the applicant is the senior author of the abstract, a brief statement is required, confirming the presented research is from their laboratory.
Please note that materials in excess (e.g., inclusion of extra letters beyond two required letters or inclusion of curriculum vitae) will be excluded from evaluation.
Candidates will be judged on their publications, how the publications relate to the Cell Section, evidence for independence and promise (e.g., grant funding, peer review activities). Unlike other Cell Section awards, applicants do not need to be first-author of the abstract; applicants are expected to be the senior author.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.