Award at a Glance
Award amount: $1,000, plus reimbursement of the early registration fee to the American Physiology Summit and a complementary ticket to the CV Section banquet.
Application deadline: January 6
Questions? Contact: Huabo Su, PhD, Chair, CV Section Awards Committee
Who can apply: APS members not above the assistant professor level with primary affiliation with the Cardiovascular Section.
Award Description
The American Physiological Society (APS) Cardiovascular Section New Investigator Award was founded 2002 and is made possible by the generous support of APS strategic partner, ADInstruments. This award recognizes outstanding investigators in the early stages of their career who have made meritorious contributions to the scientific areas represented by the CV Section.
Eligibility
The applicant must:
- Be an APS member in good standing.
- Have a primary affiliation with the CV Section.
- Not be above the rank of assistant professor or a comparable position in a research track in academic institute or in industry.
- Attend the American Physiology Summit.
Criteria
The application package includes:
- A biosketch in National Institutes of Health format which includes descriptions of the applicant's contributions to cardiovascular research and a list of no more than 15 most prominent publications.
- A PDF copy of a first- or senior-author abstract from the applicant’s laboratory that will be presented at the American Physiology Summit.
- Abstract number.
- Abstract author's full name.
Candidates will be judged on their abstract, new research development(s), how their new area of investigation relates to the CV Section and evidence of their independence and promise, e.g., funding, peer review activities. The awardee must attend the American Physiology Summit to receive the award and be recognized at the CV Section banquet.
Applications are only accepted via online submission.