Student Award Opportunities
AAPS Student Chapter Award
AAPS recognizes Student Chapters that have provided exceptional service and outreach during the course of the year. Examples of service and outreach include: offering scientific session and professional development education and training; participating in community and charitable social events; collaborating with other schools, chapters, or industry on a project; promotional efforts for the chapter.
Ideal Recipient: An AAPS Student Chapter that has provided exceptional service and outreach.
Number Presented Annually: Up to 3
How to Apply
Visit the AAPS Awards Webpage for more information and to submit a nomination. Applications must be received before May 6, 2020, at 5 p.m. ET.
Best Abstract Award
AAPS selects the best abstracts from hundreds of submissions for display at PharmSci 360 each year! The Best Abstract Awards bring attention to the most exciting research to be found in the posters, based on abstracts that are submitted and screened before the event.
Qualifications for Nomination:
- Must be an AAPS member at time of poster submission
- Must be the single lead author of the abstract
- Abstract must be ranked by screeners in the top 10% of abstracts for one of the following groups:
- Graduate students
- Postdoctoral candidates
- Young academic scientists with fewer than 3 years in academia
- Young industrial scientists with fewer than 3 years in industry
- AAPS member who does not meet the criteria for one of the above categories
Nomination Process: AAPS will automatically identify candidates and verify their qualifications, then advance nominees to AAPS Awards Committee. Candidates do not complete an application form; however, must submit an Abstract to the AAPS PharmSci Meeting as required in the Call for Poster Abstracts (PDF). Deadline to submit a poster abstract is May 6, 2020 at 5pm ET.
Additional award details can be found in the Awards Guide located on the AAPS Awards Webpage.
Best Poster Award
The top posters presented at PharmSci 360 are selected for recognition because of the importance scientifically impactful posters have in advancing the pharmaceutical sciences. Abstracts that are selected for poster presentation at PharmSci 360 offer a key mechanism for scientists to share the recent results of their research with the scientific community. Timely communication of research can have a significant impact on the thoughts and actions of other researchers.
Qualifications for Nomination:
- Must be an AAPS member at time of poster submission.
- Must be the presenting author of the poster.
- Poster must be submitted by deadline according to the submission process AAPS requires for poster authors.
Nomination Process: AAPS will automatically identify candidates from the AAPS Best Abstract Award recipients. Candidates do not complete an application form; however, must submit an Abstract to the AAPS PharmSci Meeting as required in the Call for Poster Abstracts (PDF). Deadline to submit a poster abstract is May 6, 2020 at 5pm ET.
Additional award details can be found in the Awards Guide located on the AAPS Awards Webpage.
AAPS Travelship Opportunities
AAPS will distribute thousands of dollars in travelships this year for students and post-doc authors who have submitted exciting abstracts. Here’s how to make sure you’re considered for a travelship.
- Be a student or a post-doc candidate.
- Submit a data-driven abstract that meets AAPS’ requirements. Learn more about the requirements here. AAPS screeners will evaluate your abstract using these 4 questions:
- Is the conclusion of the poster data-driven.?
- Will reviewers find the poster novel or exciting?
- Does the poster incrementally advance its field?
- Does the author’s selected strategy for evaluating the hypothesis suit the project?
- Check the box that indicates to which track your abstract relates. Authors who have selected a track when uploading their abstract will be considered for travelships. Non-track related abstracts will not be considered for travelships. The meeting’s tracks are:
- Bioanalytics
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Discovery & Basic Research
- Formulation & Delivery
- Manufacturing and Analytical Characterization
- Preclinical Development
Candidates do not complete an application form; however, must submit an Abstract to the AAPS PharmSci Meeting as required in the Call for Poster Abstracts (PDF). Deadline to submit a poster abstract is May 6, 2020 at 5pm ET.
Submit Abstract
Additional travelship details can be found on the AAPS Travelships Webpage.
Questions? Contact the AAPS awards team. We’re here to help!