Award at a Glance
Award amount: $1,500, plus up to $500 reimbursement of the registration fee to the American Physiology Summit
Application deadline: December 7
Questions? Contact: Karen Sweazea, PhD, Chair, CEPS Awards Committee
Who Can Apply: APS members with primary affiliation in CEPS not above the rank of assistant professor.
Award Description
The Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section (CEPS) Translational Research Award recognizes early-career physiologists for promising translational research in comparative physiology that furthers the understanding of disease mechanisms. This award is sponsored by FaunaBio.
Eligibility
The applicant must:
- be an American Physiological Society member,
- have a primary CEPS affiliation,
- be conducting translational research in the field of comparative and evolutionary physiology,
- be a postdoctoral fellow or not above assistant professor rank (or equivalent), and
- attend the American Physiology Summit.
Criteria
The application package includes:
- PDF of abstract submitted to the Summit;
- the abstract number and first author’s full name, and sponsor or advisor’s full name and sponsor or advisor’s email address;
- letter from the applicant and co-signed by the primary research mentor 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).
The CEPS Steering Committee will select the award recipient. This award will be presented at the CEPS banquet at the American Physiology Summit.
Login to the American Physiological Society's Award site for more details and to apply.