AGA - Horizon Pharma Student Abstract Prizes
Award Resources: [ Application.doc ] [ Criteria.pdf ]At a Glance
| Eligibility: | High school, college, graduate and medical students |
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| Amount/year: | $500 (Three best student abstracts submitted will receive a $1,000 prize) |
| Duration: | N/A |
| Deadline: | February 15 |
| Start Date: | N/A |
| # of Awards: | 11 total |
DESCRIPTION
Eight travel awards of $500 each will be given to high school, college, graduate and medical students who have submitted abstracts chosen by the AGA to be presented during Digestive Disease Week®. The three best student abstracts submitted will receive a $1,000 prize. Prize recipients will be acknowledged at the NIH|PhD|Investigators Research Symposium during DDW.
OBJECTIVE
To stimulate interest in gastroenterology research careers through competition and recognition.
ELIGIBILITY
- Any high school, undergraduate medical, premedical, pre-doctoral student or medical resident (up to and including postgraduate year three) who has performed original research related to gastroenterology or hepatology.
- Post doctoral fellows, technicians, visiting scientists and MD research fellows are not eligible for this award.
- Applicants may only submit one abstract for consideration and must be the designated presenter or first author of the abstract.
- The applicant’s sponsor must be an AGA member at the time of application submission.
- Women and minority students are strongly encouraged to apply.
REQUIREMENTS
- Students who have been awarded must present the abstract. No substitute presenters are allowed.
- Abstracts must have been selected by the AGA for presentation at DDW.
- A letter of recommendation from the sponsor is required including a description of the student’s role in the project.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Awardees will be selected based on novelty; significance of the proposal; clarity of the abstract; and contribution of the student.
REVIEW PROCESS
A selection committee composed of members of the AGA Research Awards Panel will review the proposals and select the awardees.
APPLICATION PROCESS
The deadline for receipt of applications, without exception, is March 21. The typed application, curriculum vitae, copy of accepted DDW abstract, copy of AGA acceptance notification and letter of support must be combined into and submitted as one PDF file. The file must be titled by the applicant's last name and first initial only. Hard copies will not be accepted. Please email the application file to awards@fdhn.org. Please direct all questions to the Research Awards Manager, by telephone at 301-222-4012 or via email at awards@fdhn.org.
Support for this program by Horizon Pharma is gratefully acknowledged.
