ASPET Awards         Travel Awards           SURF Awards

Graduate Student Best Abstract Awards

Postdoctoral Scientist Awards

Drug Discovery, Drug Development & Regulatory Affairs Young Investigator Award

Award Winners for 2008

ASPET Award Guidelines for 2008-2009 

John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology                      September 15, 2008

ASPET-Astellas Awards in Translational                 Extended to October 3, 2008
   Pharmacology

Julius Axelrod Award                                                    September 15, 2008

Pharmacia - ASPET Award                                          September 15, 2008
 for Experimental Therapeutics

Travel Award for Pharmacology Educators            December 1, 2008
  Sponsored by the Division for Pharmacology
      Education

Epilepsy Research Award                                           September 15, 2008

Torald Sollmann Award in Pharmacology              September 15, 2008

 P. B. Dews Award                                                        September 15, 2009 

Goodman and Gilman Award                                     September 15, 2009

Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism       September 15, 2009

Paul M. Vanhoutte Distinguished
  Lectureship in Vascular Pharmacology                 September 15, 2009
  Sponsored by the Division for Cardiovascular
      Pharmacology

Lists of Previous Awardees (pdf)

Travel Awards to EB '09
Deadline:  December 1, 2008

Travel Award Terms and Procedures for 2009

Terms:
Graduate Student Travel Awards, Minority Graduate Student Travel Awards, and Summer Undergraduate Student Travel Awards are a fixed sum of $600 plus registration.  Young Scientist Travel Awards and Minority Young Scientist Travel Awards are a fixed sum of $600 plus registration.  All travel awards are  inclusive of registration and are given to partially defray the costs of travel and housing.   The check for the award and an award certificate will be presented at the ASPET Opening Awards Ceremony on April 18.

Procedures:
Applications must be submitted electronically online or as email attachments.  Applications will be available in late September 2008.

	Graduate Student Travel Awards
	Minority Graduate Student Travel Awards
	Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Travel Awards
	Young Scientist Travel Awards
	Minority Young Scientist Travel Awards

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 Experimental Biology '09
Graduate Student Best Abstract Awards
Deadline for receipt at ASPET:  November 17, 2008

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Student must be presenting an abstract at the Experimental Biology '09 meeting in New Orleans, LA.

2. Student must be sponsored by a Regular or Affiliate member of ASPET.

3. Student must be a member of ASPET or have submitted an application for membership at the time of applying for the award.

4. Applications should be made to the Division to which research applies.

5. You may apply for only ONE Best Abstract Award (this includes either the DDDRA Young Investigator Award, OR the Graduate Student Best Paper Award).

Criteria used to judge the awards vary among Divisions.  The Division to which your abstract is submitted will contact you regarding any special judging criteria and times for presentation.  Not all Divisions may present awards every year.

You will be notified when the awards will be presented.

Application Procedure:

1. Application must be made by November 17, 2008 either by electronic submission, or by emailing the application as an attachment to paperawards@aspet.org. 

2. Type or cut & paste your abstract and your CV into the space provided on the form.  If your CV is too large for the space provided, email it as an attachment to paperawards@aspet.org.

3. You must provide your sponsor's email address on the application form.  The ASPET office will email your sponsor for his/her endorsement of your application.

Select Division:

Travel awards for graduate students to attend EB '09 are available on a competitive basis.  Apply for these awards using the Graduate Student Travel Award or the Minority Graduate Student Travel Award Application.

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Experimental Biology '09
Postdoctoral Scientist Awards
Deadline for receipt at ASPET:  November 17, 2008

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Applicant must be presenting an abstract at the Experimental Biology '09 meeting in New Orleans, LA.

2. Applicant must be sponsored by a Regular member of ASPET.  Applicants who are Regular members of ASPET may sponsor themselves.

3. Applicant must be a member or ASPET or have submitted an application for membership at the time of applying for the award.

4. Applications should be made to the Division to which research applies.

5. You may apply for only ONE Postdoctoral Scientist Award (this includes either the DDDRA Young Investigator Award, OR the Postdoctoral Scientist Award).

Criteria used to judge the awards vary among Divisions.  The Division to which your abstract is submitted will contact you regarding any special judging criteria and times for presentation.  Not all Divisions may present awards every year.

You will be notified when the awards will be presented.

Application Procedure:

1. Application must be made by November 17, 2008 either by electronic submission, or by emailing the application as an attachment to paperawards@aspet.org. 

2. Type or cut & paste your abstract and your CV into the space provided on the form.  If your CV is too large for the space provided, email it as an attachment to paperawards@aspet.org.

3. You must provide your sponsor's email address on the application form.  The ASPET office will email your sponsor for his/her endorsement of your application.

Select Division:

Travel awards for Postdoctoral Scientists to attend EB '07 are available on a competitive basis.  Apply for these awards using the Young Scientist Travel Award or the Minority Young Scientist Travel Award Application.

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 Experimental Biology '09
Drug Discovery, Drug Development & Regulatory Affairs
Young Investigator Award
Deadline for receipt at ASPET:  November 17, 2008

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Applicant must be presenting an abstract at the Experimental Biology '09 meeting in New Orleans, LA.

2. Student must be sponsored by a Regular or Affiliate member of ASPET.  Applicants who are Regular or Affiliate members of ASPET may sponsor themselves.

3. Applicant must be a member of ASPET or have submitted an application for membership at the time of applying for the award.

4. Applicants may, but do not need to, have a Ph.D. or M.D.  Applicants from industry are encouraged to apply.

5. 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.

6. You may apply for only ONE Best Abstract Award (this includes the DDDRA Young Investigator Award, the DM Young Investigator Award, the Graduate Student Best Abstract Award, OR the Young Scientist Award).

Applicants will be contacted regarding any special judging criteria and times for presentation.  You will be notified when the awards will be presented.

Application Procedure:

1. Application must be made by November 17, 2008 either by electronic submission, or by emailing the application as an attachment to paperawards@aspet.org. 

2. Type or cut & paste your abstract and your CV into the space provided on the form.  If your CV is too large for the space provided, email it as an attachment to paperawards@aspet.org.

3. You must provide your sponsor's email address on the application form.  The ASPET office will email your sponsor for his/her endorsement of your application.

Travel awards for graduate students and young scientists to attend EB '08 are available on a competitive basis.  Apply for these awards using the appropriate ASPET Travel Award Application.