The ASA Section on Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD) will sponsor a student paper competition for JSM 2019. A manuscript suitable for journal submission is required to enter. The first-place winner will receive a $500 cash award, and the second-place winner will receive a $300 cash award.
Eligibility: To be eligible for this award, the applicant must be a full- or part-time student (undergraduate, master’s, or PhD) on or after September 1, 2018, or within two years of graduation if the submitted work was initiated while the applicant was a student. The applicant must be first author, and the adviser (or co-author) must write a letter stating the applicant had primary responsibility for the research and write-up. The applicant must be a member of MDD.
Application materials: The deadline for application is December 15. A formal application consists of sending an email to MDDpaperJSM2016@gmail.com with the following attachments (in PDF format):
- The curriculum vitae of the applicant
- A letter from the adviser (or co-author) verifying the student status of the applicant and briefly describing the applicant’s role in the research and writing of the paper
- A cover letter describing the contributions of the paper to MDD
- The paper—including all tables, figures, and appendices—as a single PDF file
Selection of winners: Papers will be reviewed by an MDD committee. Criteria for selection will include novelty in theory/methods/applications, significance and potential impact of the research, and clarity of writing and presentation. Decisions of the committee are final.
Applicants will be notified of the committee decision by January 30, 2019. The winners (including those receiving honorable mention) must submit abstracts and register for JSM by February of 2019 through the official JSM abstract submission system. To receive the award, the winners must register for the conference and present a talk under the auspices of MDD on the topic of the winning paper. Those who are not selected as winners are encouraged to submit a contributed abstract to JSM 2019.
Prizes: MDD anticipates awarding a $500 cash award to the first-place winner and a $300 cash award to the second-place winner. The best paper winner and honorable mention winners will be presented with a certificate at the MDD meeting during JSM.
Students may submit papers to no more than two sections and accept only one section’s award. Students must inform both sections applied to when he or she wins and accepts an award, thereby removing the student from the award competition for the second section.
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