professional association
American Physiological Society (APS)
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Open programs22
A. Clifford Barger Mentorship Award
The American Physiological Society invites nominations for the A. Clifford Barger Mentorship Award, which recognizes APS members who have demonstrated leadership and sustained mentorship of underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students in the physiological sciences; one awardee (contingent on funding) receives a $1,000 honorarium plus up to $1,500 travel reimbursement to attend the American Physiology Summit.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $2,500
ADInstruments Macknight Innovative Educator Award
The American Physiological Society, with strategic partner ADInstruments, offers the ADInstruments Macknight Innovative Educator Award to early- to mid‑career APS members who demonstrate exceptional potential in using innovative teaching techniques and technology to engage undergraduate or graduate students in physiology education.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,500
Anne R. Crecelius High Impact Scholar Award
The American Physiological Society Center for Physiology Education administers the Anne R. Crecelius High Impact Scholar Award (contingent on funding), which provides $5,000 toward completion of a major, long-term education project and reimburses registration fees for the APS From Concept to Classroom educator meeting; awardees will collaborate with the Center to complete a selected high‑impact project, mentor physiology educators, meet agreed benchmarks and report outcomes within three to five years.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $5,000
Annual Marion J. Siegman Lectureship Award
The American Physiological Society offers the annual Marion J. Siegman Lectureship to an early-career or established researcher who has made outstanding contributions to the understanding of muscle contraction and motility, providing a $1,000 honorarium and reimbursement of expenses up to $2,000.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $3,000
APS Dependent Support Travel Award
American Physiological Society offers the APS Dependent Support Travel Award, a reimbursable allowance of up to $500 to help APS members offset eligible dependent-care expenses incurred while attending the American Physiology Summit or other APS conferences.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $500
APS Teaching Career Enhancement Award (TCEA)
The American Physiological Society offers the Teaching Career Enhancement Award (TCEA) providing up to $10,000 to support regular APS members (rank equivalent to Assistant Professor or higher) in developing innovative, widely applicable programs to improve teaching and learning in physiology; funds may be used for short-term visits, specialized courses, or research/development collaborations that produce products or publications, but cannot cover indirect costs, salary, or daily per diem.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $10,000
Arthur C. Guyton Awards for Excellence in Integrative Physiology
The American Physiological Society offers the annual Arthur C. Guyton Award for Excellence in Integrative Physiology to support an independent investigator (no higher than assistant professor or equivalent) whose work uses feedback control system theory and quantitative/mathematical modeling to study physiological systems; the award includes a $10,000 honorarium for research (no indirect costs), reimbursement for early registration to the American Physiology Summit, and a certificate.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $10,000
Beverly Petterson Bishop Award for Excellence in Neuroscience
The American Physiological Society awards the Beverly Petterson Bishop Award for Excellence in Neuroscience to an investigator demonstrating outstanding promise in neuroscience or neurophysiology, providing $20,000 plus reimbursement of the American Physiology Summit early registration fee; the awardee must attend the Summit to receive the award and the award is contingent on available funding and non‑deferrable.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $20,000
Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award
The American Physiological Society awards the Bodil M. Schmidt‑Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award to an APS member who has made outstanding contributions to physiological research and demonstrated exceptional mentorship, educational innovation, and outreach to early‑career physiologists.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $2,500
Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award
American Physiological Society’s Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award recognizes an early-career APS member (e.g., postdoctoral fellow, assistant professor, or equivalent) for outstanding contributions to the physiology community and includes a $1,000 honorarium plus reimbursement of the American Physiology Summit early registration fee.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,000
Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award - Sponsored by Harvard Bioscience
Harvard Bioscience, administered by the American Physiological Society (APS), sponsors the Dean Franklin Young Investigator Award to support postdoctoral scientists or junior faculty conducting in vivo physiological research and establishing independent laboratories by providing a DSI Instrumentation Starter Kit (approx. $70,000) plus reimbursement of the American Physiology Summit early registration fee.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $70,000
Early-career Advocacy Fellowship
The American Physiological Society offers a two-year Early-career Advocacy Fellowship (contingent on funding) to engage and train early-career investigators in science advocacy, providing mentorship from Science Policy Committee members and up to $1,500 in support.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,500
Giles F. Filley Memorial Award for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology and Medicine
The American Physiological Society offers the Giles F. Filley Memorial Award to recognize outstanding promise in respiratory physiology and medicine; the award includes a $10,000 honorarium designated for the awardee’s research program, reimbursement of early registration and complimentary early registration to the American Physiology Summit, and a certificate, with presentation at the APS Awards Meeting (awardee must attend the Summit).
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $10,000
Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lectureship
The American Physiological Society offers the Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lectureship to recognize original, outstanding accomplishments in physiology; the recipient presents a lecture at the American Physiology Summit, may have the lecture considered for journal publication, participates in Summit events, and selects 10 abstracts for poster awards.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $4,500
International Early-career Physiologist Travel Awards
The American Physiological Society offers the International Early-career Physiologist (IECP) Travel Awards to defray travel expenses for international early-career physiologists to attend the American Physiology Summit and present their work, with up to 12 awards of $1,000 each annually.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,000
John F. Perkins Jr. Research Career Enhancement Award
American Physiological Society’s John F. Perkins Jr. Research Career Enhancement Award provides up to $20,000 to support specialized training, laboratory visits to acquire new skills, or attendance at methodology-focused courses to enhance an APS member’s research career.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $20,000
Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award
The American Physiological Society's Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award provides a $10,000 honorarium and complimentary early registration to the American Physiology Summit to support an investigator demonstrating outstanding promise in epithelial or renal physiology.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $10,000
Martin Frank Travel Award (APS Summit)
American Physiological Society’s Martin Frank Travel Award provides travel reimbursement and mentoring/networking support to broaden participation in the physiological sciences by enabling trainees and early-career faculty to attend the American Physiology Summit.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,500
Physiology in Perspective Walter B. Cannon Award Lectureship
The American Physiological Society awards the Physiology in Perspective Walter B. Cannon Award Lectureship to an APS member recognized for original, lifetime achievements in physiology; the recipient delivers a "Physiology in Perspective" lecture at the American Physiological Summit on Cannon's "The Wisdom of the Body," may have the lecture considered for publication, and receives a $4,000 honorarium plus up to $2,500 for Summit-related expenses while participating in special Summit events and selecting ten poster awardees.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $4,000
Presidential Service Award
The American Physiological Society offers the Presidential Service Award to recognize an APS member for extended and outstanding volunteer service to the Society and the broader physiology community, accompanied by a $1,000 honorarium and a medallion.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,000
Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award
The American Physiological Society offers the annual Shih‑Chun Wang Young Investigator Award ($10,000 plus reimbursement of the American Physiological Summit early registration fee) to recognize outstanding promise in physiological sciences research, with historical emphasis on neurophysiology and neuropharmacology.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $10,000
The Charlie Bates Research Award
The American Physiological Society (APS) offers the Charlie Bates Research Award, an annual abstract-based honor established in 2022 to recognize an outstanding abstract submitted to the American Physiology Summit by a scientist who identifies as LGBTQ+ or is a demonstrated ally; the recipient receives a $1,000 honorarium and reimbursement/complimentary early registration to attend the APS annual meeting.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,000
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