Award at a Glance
Award amount: $500, plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit
Deadline: November 10
Questions? Contact: Ann Marie Bocus, APS Sections Administrator
Who Can Apply: APS members who are assistant professors or equivalent, are in the first three years of their first appointment and have a primary EEP Section affiliation.
Award Description
The Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section Early-career Research Award recognizes an assistant professor or equivalent who is in the first three years of their first appointment for outstanding research in environmental, exercise, thermal, or applied physiology.
Eligibility
The applicant must:
- be an assistant professor or equivalent in the first three years of their first appointment
- be first author or senior/last author on an abstract submitted to the American Physiology Summit in an EEP topic category, and
- be an APS member with primary EEP Section affiliation.
Criteria
The application package includes:
- PDF of the abstract that includes the abstract number and first author’s full name, sponsor or advisor’s full name and sponsor or advisor’s email address;
- letter from the applicant stating their eligibility for the award(s) applied for*, contribution to the research, significance of the research contained in the abstract to the field and statement of applicant’s research goals;
- biosketch (National Institutes of Health or National Science Foundation format).
Letter/statement
- 0.8-inch margins
- 11-point font
- single spaced
If applicant is the senior/last author on the abstract, the letter must state that this same abstract is not being considered for awards by the first author.
Applications will be judged on the following:
Abstract
- clearly stated hypothesis or aim, technical approach, results reporting, and
- appropriate conclusion and significance.
Other
- letter from the applicant (See elements to include below), and
- biosketch
Award recipients may receive each award once as a graduate student and once as a postdoctoral fellow, regardless of section affiliation. Applicants may apply to as many awards as they are eligible for, however, recipients may only accept one abstract-based award for the American Physiology Summit.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.