Purpose
To recognize emerging investigators in general internal medicine and the specialties of internal medicine whose research, as evidenced by a submitted abstract, is focused on geriatrics aspects of their subspecialty and who are committed to a career in aging research.
Eligibility
The Hurria Memorial Award is open to junior and mid-career investigators from general internal medicine and the specialties of internal medicine (including geriatrics). Other eligible specialties include
Dermatology
Neurology
Psychiatry
Please contact AGS if you’re unsure of your eligibility for this award.
Eligible applicants will have held a faculty appointment for more than 5 years, but less than 10 years since completion of post-graduate training in their discipline and will be committed to sustaining a research career in the geriatrics aspects of their subspecialty.
Applicants must demonstrate evidence of a career plan related to aging research, and evidence of a record of accomplishments in aging/geriatrics research, such as:
- at least one first-author original aging/geriatrics research publication (not a review article).
- pilot funding awards for aging/geriatrics research; previous abstracts describing research investigations.
- at least two poster/oral presentations of aging research at a national meeting; or
- at least one research grant submitted as principal investigator.
Scope and Definition
Topics are invited in basic research, clinical investigation, clinical medicine, and public health, as well as research in the fundamental neurosciences. No case studies or clinical vignettes will be considered. Awards will be chosen based on originality, scientific merit, relevance of the research, as well as the applicant's demonstrated commitment to and accomplishments in aging research.
By submitting an abstract for consideration, the investigator agrees to allow the committee the option to select the entry for presentation as a research paper or poster and agrees to make the presentation him/herself.
Application Process
Applicants must complete the Award Nomination form (select “Apply Now”) below. Additionally, a research abstract must be submitted electronically for presentation at the AGS Annual Meeting. Click here for the abstract submission site.
Materials necessary for submission with the Award Nomination form include the items below. They can be submitted electronically with the Nomination Form, or sent to Denise McAlpin at dmcalpin@americangeriatrics.org:
A biosketch (NIH-style, 4 pages maximum),
Applicant letter
One letter of recommendation (limited to one page) attesting to the applicant’s involvement in the AGS and the field of geriatrics, the applicant’s primary role in the research, the importance and significance of the studies as well as the general research accomplishments of the investigator.
A 150-word summary statement of your nominees’ achievements which we will use in our announcements and speeches. Your summary should focus on the impact that they have had or will have on the field of geriatrics.
Award
$1,000 will be awarded to the recipient.
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