Education＆ScienceAwards

Early Career Excellence Award sponsored by APSR and an En bloc society

This award is offered to the authors of selected abstracts submitted to each APSR Congress.

This award is generously provided by APSR and an APSR en bloc society to support the advancement of respiratory medicine. It is awarded to an APSR Young Investigator from the same APSR en bloc society who presents original work at the APSR Congress. It serves to spur on the next generation of respiratory medicine researchers.

The winning abstract is selected by APSR, with support from the APSR Assemblies and liaisons from the Local Congress Committee. Abstracts are evaluated anonymously by the relevant Assembly leaders and local liaisons, who rank them based on their novelty, importance, methodology, clarity, and overall quality, in accordance with APSR’s selection criteria. A consensus on the best eligible abstract is then reached through a rigorous judging process. Based on this outcome, APSR will select one recipient directly, and no application is required for this award.

The Award

  • US$500 (jointly funded by APSR and the en bloc society)
  • A commemorative certificate
  • Invitation to the Gala Dinner (or similar social event) for the award ceremony

The Awardee

  • Must be an en bloc APSR member of the awarding en bloc society
  • An en bloc APSR members of the en bloc society who submitted the award application is eligible for the award.
  • Must be aged ≤40 at the start of the Congress
  • Must be the First Author and able to present the abstract at 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 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.
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