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 2010 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in New Orleans, LA.

ELIGIBILITY

Qualified applicants must be MD and/or PhD postdoctoral fellows who are active or trainee members of BOTH the GRG and AGA and must be sponsored by a member of BOTH organizations. The applicant and sponsor must be GRG and AGA members, in good standing, at the time of application submission. For information about GRG membership, please call 301/272-0032; for information about AGA membership, please call 301-654-2055, extension 651. Applicants must also be the first author of an abstract accepted by the AGA for presentation at DDW and provide evidence of abstract acceptance. Individuals with faculty appointments are not eligible.

APPLICATION PROCESS

A copy of the accepted abstract, acceptance confirmation from the AGA, and a letter of recommendation (one page or less) from the applicant's sponsor, describing the applicant's role in the research being presented and detailing how this award will benefit his/her career, are required.

DEADLINE

The application submission deadline is March 5. Award notifications will be sent in April.

REVIEW PROCESS
The GRG Steering Committee serves as the selection committee for these awards.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Please complete the attached application. All required documentation must be combined into one PDF file. The file must be titled by the applicant’s last name and first initial only. Please email the application file to awards@gastro.org by March 5. Questions regarding the application submission process should be directed to 301-222-4012 or e-mailed to awards@gastro.org.

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