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Selection of Awardees

Selection of Award Nominees will be made by May 15 (10 wks prior to the meeting). All meeting participants should make their hotel reservations by June 1(at least 8 wks prior to the meeting) to take advantage of the block discount.

Eligibility

• Professional status of nominee should be at a level of 2 year post-doctoral fellow or resident up to no more than 2 years as Assistant Professor as of September 15 of the current year.

Note:  We do not want to require ASBMR membership from the applicant or member, so that the awards are open for all.  Ideally, some of the awardees who are not ASBMR members will join ASBMR.

Guidelines for Applications

Note:  We prefer not to have a nomination letter from the mentor.  Self-nomination is acceptable.  The applicant can include a letter of support from their mentor, if they desire.

• A 500 word abstract describing work the applicant would present at the Sun Valley Meeting, if chosen.
• A current curriculum vitae must accompany the nomination. Format of c.v. should follow NIH style for biographical sketch and should be no more than 2 pages
• A one to two page letter summarizing the applicant’s current research is required. The applicant should also address their future goals in the field.
• Nomination packet should be written primarily by the candidate
• All aspects of the applicant's application are taken into account by the review committee

Submission Process

Applications are mailed to the ASBMR business office by April 1. Each nomination sent includes six copies of the following:

• Abstract
• Curriculum Vitae of Nominee
• Summary of Nominee's Research

The ASBMR staff administers the review process, which includes sending the nomination packets to the review panel, arranging the review panel conference call, and sending out the acceptance letters.

The ASBMR President and Sun Valley director each select two members to serve on the nomination review panel. The ASBMR reviewers are mostly members who attend or have attended the Sun Valley Meeting. The review panel scores each nomination packet and sends their scores to ASBMR staff who in turn average the scores and rank the nominees. The review panel then meets via conference call to discuss the scores and agrees on the six young investigator awardees. Afterwards, acceptance/rejection letters are sent out by ASBMR staff. Nominees are notified by May 15 of the current year (thus, the nomination review process takes no more than six weeks).

After the awardees have been identified, their contact information is sent to the Sun Valley Meeting director who contacts them directly with further details about the meeting. Frost/ASBMR YI awardees receive $1,500 at the meeting and are required to present their research during a 15 minute presentation with an additional 10 minutes for detailed discussion.  The meeting registration is waived for awardees, but they are expected to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodations. Their award is presented as a component of the meeting. 

Note:  Award checks will be cut from the general fund for the Sun Valley Meeting.