Call for Applications- Usha Awards

The Usha (which means dawn in Sankrit) Awards

Dr. Prakash YS, Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, is soliciting nominations for the Usha awards. The nominee must be a promising trainee (undergraduate or graduate student, or a research fellow (5 years since being granted the terminal degree (e.g. PhD, MD, DO, DVM), and should have contributed a 1st author abstract to the Respiration Section of the APS for presentation at the APS. Criteria for selection will include the level of excitement regarding the nominee's future, contribution by the nominee to the work, and the importance of the work to the field. Nominees are to be selected by the Respiration Section of the APS. All applications must be submitted by December 1, 2015. The TWO winners will receive $500 and a certificate of appreciation at the EB 2016 meeting.

To apply online, follow this link:  http://www.the-aps.org/mm/awards/sections/Resp.aspx