GRG/AGA Fellow Travel and Abstract of the Year Awards
DESCRIPTION
This award was created to encourage trainees to become more involved in digestive disease research. Eight $500 awards will be presented to trainees who submitted outstanding first authored abstracts that were selected by the AGA for presentation at DDW®. The top ranked of the eight selected abstracts will be selected as the Abstract of the Year and the recipient will receive a $1,000 prize. In addition, he/she will be recognized at the GRG Spring Symposium during 2012 DDW in San Diego, CA
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicants must be MD and/or PhD postdoctoral fellows who are active or trainee members of the AGA. For information about AGA membership, please call 301-654-2055, extension 651.
- Applicants must be sponsored by a member of the AGA.
- Applicants must be first author of an abstract accepted by the AGA for oral or poster presentation.
- Applicants must provide confirmation of AGA abstract acceptance.
- Individuals with faculty appointments are not eligible.
REVIEW PROCESS
The GRG Steering Committee will select the award recipients.
DEADLINE
The application submission deadline is March 2. Award notifications will be emailed in April.
APPLICATION SUBMISSION
A copy of the accepted abstract, AGA acceptance confirmation and a letter of recommendation from the applicant’s sponsor (one page or less) are required. The letter of recommendation must describe his/her role in the research being presented and detail how the award will benefit his/her career.
The application must be completed. The application and required documentation must be combined into one PDF document. The document must be titled by the applicant’s last name and first initial and emailed to awards@gastro.org no later than March 2. Questions related to the application submission process should be directed to 301-222-4012 or e-mailed to awards@gastro.org. Additional information is also available on the GRG website at www.gastroresearch.org.
President
Rhonda Souza, MD, AGAF
Dallas, TX
President-elect
William M. Grady, MD, AGAF
Seattle, WA
Past President
Jonathan Kaunitz, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Steering Committee
Nadir Arber, MD
Tel Aviv, Israel
Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Boston, MA
Nicholas Davidson, MD, AGAF
St. Louis, MO
Wael M. El-Rifai, MD, PhD
Nashville, TN 37232
Jay Goldstein, MD, AGAF
Chicago, IL
Gregory Gores, MD, AGAF
Rochester, MN
Oliver Opitz, MD
Freiburg, Germany
Mrinalini Rao, PhD
Chicago, IL
Jerrold L. Turner, MD, PhD,
AGAF
Chicago, IL