APSR / Geoffrey Bush Paediatric Young Investigator Award

This Award is offered for one of the best paediatric papers accepted for presentation at the APSR Congress in Taipei 29 November – 2 December 2018.

This award is named in honour of Geoffrey Bush, composer and performer, whose music lives on many years after his death.

This award is generously provided by Geoffrey Bush's son, Dr Andrew Bush, for the advancement of paediatric research by an APSR Young Investigator from an Asia-Pacific LMIC^* who is presenting original work at the APSR Congress.

Dr Bush is Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Section (Paediatrics, Imperial College London), Professor of Paediatric Respirology, National Heart and Lung Institute, and Consultant Paediatric Chest Physician, Royal Brompton Harefield NHS Foundation Trust.

Award includes:

$500 (generously supported by Dr Andrew Bush and Dr Norbert Berend)
Invitation to the Gala Dinner (or similar social event) at the Congress
Commemorative certificate

Where the paper has more than one author, the $500 and invitation to the social event will be for one of the authors, selected by the paper's senior author. The certificate will be in the name of all the paper's authors.

Eligibility:

Awardees must be:

an APSR member (en bloc or individual)
aged ≤40 at the start of the Congress
normally resident in the Asia-Pacific, in a country or region that is an LMIC (low-to-middle income country)^*
the First Author of a paediatric paper accepted for presentation at the APSR Congress in Taipei and able to attend the Congress in person.

Selection:

The paper is selected by the Local Congress Committee, supported by the APSR Paediatric Lung Disease Assembly, which ranks the papers for their novelty, importance, methodology, clarity and overall quality. A consensus on the best paediatric papers is then obtained through a rigorous judging system.

Award presentation:

The certificate is formally presented at the APSR Congress.

Post-congress requirements:

In accepting the offer of the award, the author attending the Congress is required to send their report (circa 500 words) of their experience at the Congress to the APSR Secretariat within one month after the Congress. The report may be published in the APSR Bulletin and/or Newsletter.

*	"LMIC" is defined as a "lower-middle income country", a list of which can be seen at datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups.