APSR Assembly Education Award
The APSR is pleased to announce the availability of Awards for assembly members to present their abstracts at award the session in the Assembly Members’ Meetings. The meetings will take place from 7 to 10 November 2024 on-site during APSR 2024 Hong Kong.
Awards will be made on the basis of scientific merit as judged impartially by the Congress Abstract Scoring system.
There are six awards available for each Assembly. Distribution of awards in each Assembly will be as follows:
- Two awardees from Local delegates (Hong Kong)
- Two awardees from Low- or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs*)
- Two awardees from High Income Countries (HICs*)
*Lists of LMICs and HICs can be seen at datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups
The Award:
- US$250
- A commemorative certificate
- Opportunity to make presentation orally in front of experts** of the field.
- Opportunity to hear practical advice from experts** of the field to make the presentation more convincing and appealing.
- The awardee may also be introduced on the APSR website, publications and social media
**The APSR Assembly Leaders and the APSR Education Committee members
The Awardee:
- Must be an APSR member (via en bloc or individual membership)
- Must be a member of the assembly which was chosen for the abstract (Awardees who are not members of the assembly are asked to join the assembly; free of charge)
- Must be aged ≤40 at the start of the Congress
- Cannot win multiple awards at the same APSR Congress (except the Respirology Case Reports Poster Award), nor have other travel support for the same APSR Congress.
- Must be the First Author and able to present the abstract at both the Congress and the Assembly Members’ Meeting
- Must register for the Congress before their individual "cut-off date". The cut-off date will be provided in the acceptance letter sent by the Local Congress Secretariat. This date will be earlier than the usual registration deadline, to enable the programme schedule to be compiled and awards to be considered
| * | LMIC: | A country with a Low-, Lower-Middle, or Upper Middle-Income economy |
| HIC: | A country a High-Income economy | |
| Lists of LMICs and HICs can be seen at worldbank.org/... | ||
