Young Investigator Awards

ASPET's Division for Drug Discovery, Development and Regulatory Affairs (DDDRA) invites young pharmacologists to participate in the DDDRA Young Investigator Award competition. Young pharmacologists are encouraged to submit abstracts of research related to the processes of drug discovery, development and regulatory affairs that involve the drug industry, biotech companies, government agencies, research institutes and universities for consideration. For the purposes of this competition, a young investigator is defined as an undergraduate, graduate or medical student or an individual who was awarded a doctoral degree less than 4 years earlier. The process for submitting abstracts is described on the ASPET website (www.aspet.org).

Applicants for the DDDRA Young Investigator Award must be presenting a paper at the Experimental Biology '11 meeting in Washington DC and must display their poster at the Student-Mentor Mixer. Judging will be held during the Student-Mentor Mixer. First, second, and third place award winners will be announced at the Mixer.

The award winners will receive a cash award in the amount of $300 for first place, $200 for second place and $100 for third place. The first place award winner is eligible to receive a complimentary registration and a stipend up to $1000 for travel, hotel and meals to attend the EB '08 meeting. In addition, the first place award winner will be invited to participate in DDDRA as a member of the DDDRA Executive Committee for the year after receiving the award.

See Photos of the 2010 winners

See photos of the 2009 winners

About the Division...

The DDDRA will serve to help its members teach, present and discuss the critical role of pharmacology in all phases of the drug discovery, development and registration process. The process encompasses, but is not limited to; target discovery and validation, medicinal chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, molecular modeling and drug design, structure-pharmacological function relationships, functional genomics and proteomics, high throughput screening, identification and development of natural products, nutraceuticals, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, clinical testing and drug regulation/registration, clinical contracting and pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics. DDDRA sponsors symposia and/or colloquia on timely, related topics at annual meetings. Furthermore, the Division provides special venues at theses meetings for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with related research activities and interests to present and discuss their work in a relaxed, social setting with other students, fellows and DDDRA members.