$500
3 Awards
1 Year Term
$500
3 Awards
1 Year Term
Closed:
Applications Under Review
Closed:
Applications Under Review
AGA-APFED Abstract Award applicants must have an active AGA trainee membership if they are clinical or postdoctoral fellows. Graduate student, medical student and medical resident applicants are not required to have an AGA membership. However, all applicants must be sponsored by an AGA member in good standing. Visit the AGA membership page or call 301-654-2055 for membership information.
For application purposes, you should select either the Student Abstract Award or Fellow Abstract Award, whichever fits your career stage most appropriately. These AGA-APFED Abstract Awards in Eosinophilic GI Diseases are awarded in both categories.
Objective
The objective of the AGA Research Foundation APFED Abstract Award in Eosinophilic GI Diseases is to stimulate interest in eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease research careers by providing recognition and travel support to trainees with exceptional abstracts accepted by AGA for presentation at DDW.
Applicant eligibility
- Applicants must be the first author of an abstract or the designated speaker of an oral presentation accepted by AGA for presentation at DDW®.
- Applicants must be graduate students, medical students, medical residents (residents up to postgraduate year three), or clinical or postdoctoral fellows at an institution in North America who have performed original research related to eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases.
- Clinical or postdoctoral fellow applicants must have an AGA membership. Please visit the AGA member page or call 301-654-2055 for membership information.
- Applicants from outside North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico) are ineligible and should refer to the AGA-Moti L. & Kamla Rustgi International Travel Award.
- All high school and undergraduate students are ineligible.
- Graduate students, medical students, medical residents and fellows training outside North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico) are ineligible.
- Applicants who are physician-scientists, female or from racial/ethnic groups underrepresented in biomedical research are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application requirements
- Applicants may only submit one abstract for consideration.
- Abstracts must have been submitted to, and accepted by, AGA for presentation at DDW.
- A copy of the notification from AGA confirming acceptance of the abstract for oral or poster presentation at DDW must be submitted with the application.
- Applicants must be first or presenting author of the abstract/oral session. No exceptions are allowed.
- Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae or NIH biographical sketch with their application.
- Applicants must have a sponsor who is an AGA member at the time of application submission.
Award overlap
Applicants who have received any similar travel award to attend DDW using the same abstract submitted to AGA are ineligible for consideration.
Selection criteria
Review process
A selection committee comprising members of the AGA Institute Research Awards Panel will review applications and select the award recipients.
Application process
The application deadline is Feb. 20, 2025. Applications must be submitted through the AGA Grants Management System and will not be accepted via mail, fax or email. Click the “Apply Now” button to create an account and/or apply. Applicants may preview the application as it will appear in the AGA Grants Management System. Please note that this preview is for reference only; all applications must be completed online by selecting the “Apply Now” button.
Contact
Please direct all questions to the AGA Awards Program at awards@gastro.org.
Funding for this award is provided by the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders.
