Translational Research Award

The Translational Research Award (TRA) recognizes trainees at both the pre-doctoral and postdoctoral educational levels whose area of experimental research is translatable to industry applications:

• treatment development or improvement;
• diagnosis;
• mechanism of action; and
• health and wellness.

These awards are presented at the APS annual meeting. Awardee must attend the American Physiology Summit. 

• Applicants must be a U.S. graduate student or equivalent holding a bachelor’s degree and enrolled in subsequent training OR
• Completion of program leading to doctorate degree
• Applicant’s sponsor must be a regular APS member in good standing at the time of application
• Membership is not required for applicants
  

• A completed profile;
• A copy of their first author abstract submitted to the American Physiology Summit meeting; and
• One-page essay on project, contribution and career goals.

Completed applications will be reviewed by members of the Physiologist in Industry Committee (PIC).

Applications will be evaluated on:

• their first-author meeting abstract; and
• supplementary description of the translation nature of their project and its potential utility for future research, their contribution to the work and their career goals (1 page maximum).

Additional documents:

• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Grading Rubric 

Awardees are allowed to receive the Translation Research Award only once as a pre-doctoral student and once as a postdoctoral fellow.