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AGA Student Abstract Award

$500-$1,000

19 Awards

1 Year Term

$500-$1,000

19 Awards

1 Year Term

This $500 travel award supports recipients who are graduate students, medical students or medical residents (residents up to postgraduate year three) giving abstract-based oral or poster presentations at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW). The top scoring abstract will be designated the Student Abstract of the Year and receive a $1,000 award. Four recipients will receive the AGA–Eric Esrailian Student Abstract Prize and four recipients will receive the AGA–Radhika Srinivasan Student Abstract Prize.

Application Deadline:

February 20, 2025

Funding Start Date:

June 15, 2025

Application Opens:

November 20, 2024

Application Deadline:

February 20, 2025

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November 20, 2024

Application Deadline:

February 20, 2025

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AGA membership is not required of AGA Student Abstract Award applicants. However, applicants must be sponsored by an AGA member in good standing. Sponsors may visit the AGA membership page or call 301-654-2055 for membership information.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of the AGA Research Foundation Student Abstract Award is to stimulate interest in gastroenterology and hepatology research careers by providing recognition to graduate students, medical students or residents (residents up to postgraduate year three) with exceptional abstracts accepted by AGA for presentation at DDW. The top scoring abstract is designated the Student Abstract of the Year.

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 or medical residents (residents up to postgraduate year three) at an institution in North America who have performed original research related to diseases, structure or function of the digestive system.
  • All high school and undergraduate students are ineligible.
  • Postdoctoral fellows, technicians, visiting scientists and MD research fellows are not eligible for this award; see AGA Fellow Abstract Award.
  • Graduate students, medical students and medical residents training outside North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico) are ineligible; see AGA-Moti L. & Kamla Rustgi International Travel Award.
  • 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 in good standing 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

Recipients will be selected based on the significance of the research, clarity of the abstract and contribution of the applicant.

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 [email protected].

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Funding for this award is provided:

  • By Dr. Eric Esrailian in recognition of his transformational training experience at UCLA.
  • On behalf of Radhika Srinivasan.
  • By the AGA Research Foundation Endowment Fund.
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