Herbert Weiner Early Career Award

The Council of the American Psychosomatic Society announces the call for nominations for the Herbert Weiner Early Career Award for Contributions to Psychosomatic Medicine. The first "Early Career Award" was awarded in 1991 and in 2002, the name of the award was expanded to the "Herbert Weiner Early Career Award." This award is intended to identify individuals who, early in their career, have contributed significantly to the field of psychosomatic medicine and show substantial promise of continued meritorious academic accomplishments in the field of psychosomatic medicine. *New* > The nominees must be members of the American Psychosomatic Society and fewer than 10 years past receipt of their highest academic degree, or for those with post-degree clinical training (e.g., internship or residency), fewer than 10 years past completion of their clinical training.

The award consists of $1,000, a plaque signifying the award, and the opportunity to briefly present the research, for which the award was given, during the annual meeting of the Society. Nominations must include a 500-1000 word justification for the nomination, an updated curriculum vitae, and reprints of 2-6 publications of the work for which the nomination is being made. Any person may self-nominate or nominate another individual. The application deadline is December 1st of each year. Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

Patricia R. Barchas Award in Sociophysiology

The Patricia R. Barchas Award in Sociophysiology, established in 1999, is to memorialize Patricia Barchas by furthering the field of sociophysiology, the study of the reciprocal relationships that could lead to long-term change both in social behavior and in physiology. The only requirement is that the recipient has done interesting and exciting work that helps to expand our knowledge of the interface of the social and physiological worlds. Nominations should include a 500-1000 word justification for the nomination and an updated curriculum vitae. The award consists of a plaque and $1,500, which is presented at the Annual Meeting. The application deadline is June 30th of each year. Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

Alvin P. Shapiro Award

The Alvin P. Shapiro Award Lecture, established in the fall of 2001 through the generosity of his family, is presented each year during the Annual Meeting. The late Dr. Shapiro was an internist and clinical pharmacologist who conducted innumerable studies on behavioral and psychosocial influences on hypertension and cardiovascular health. He was a continuously active member of APS for four decades and served as the Society’s president in 1974-1975. Each year, the award will go to a physician, preferably an internist or internal medicine subspecialist, who has made major scholarly contributions to our understanding of psychosocial factors in the clinical care of patients in a primary care setting. Typically, the awardee will not be a member of the Society and will attend the entire meeting. These features are intended to provide the Society with outside input, while also maximizing opportunity for formal and informal dialogue between the awardee and Society members. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium and itemized travel expenses, which is presented at the Annual Meeting. Nominations should include a 500-1000 word justification for the nomination and an updated curriculum vitae. The application deadline is June 30th of each year. Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

Donald Oken Fellowship

This new fellowship, first awarded in 2006, was created for the purpose of bringing a C-L psychiatrist or internist to the APS annual meeting each year. The person chosen should be someone who is in a senior leadership position in his or her field and able to influence others to become interested in APS by virtue of the stature and prestige of that person. The annual award consists of $1000 to the recipient in addition to travel expenses to attend the Annual Meeting.

Recipient Requirements
1) The recipient will be required to attend the entire annual meeting.
2) The recipient will be required to stay at the conference hotel.
3) The recipient will be required to participate in the meeting in some useful way. For
example, that person might present a paper, poster, workshop or roundtable lunch.

The key idea is for the person to immerse him or herself in the meeting and to get to know the Society.

The ideal candidate will be someone who has not previously attended an APS meeting but is a senior leader and respected voice in his or her own field. It should be someone who has had some involvement in research, which could be clinical or basic research. The person should be an effective teacher and should be in a position to influence others, especially medical students, residents, and fellows.

Please note: Self-nominations will not be permitted for this award.

Please submit nominations (include CV) to the APS office by August 31st of each year.

If you have any questions regarding The Oken Fellowship, please contact the APS office.

The Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine

The American Psychosomatic Society (www.psychosomatic.org) has established the Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine. Paul MacLean was a physician whose visionary neuroscientific research career at Yale Medical School and NIMH was inspired by his recognition of the importance of emotion in clinical medicine and everyday life. In 1949 he hypothesized that psychosomatic disorders arose from an impairment in communication between the limbic system and neocortex. This annual award is intended to honor Dr. MacLean and promote the line of research that he created on emotion, the brain and physical disease. Nominations should include a 500-1000 word supporting statement, the nominee's C.V. and three representative reprints. Individuals may self-nominate.

The primary selection criteria are: 1) Outstanding neuroscientific research (human or animal); 2) Advances knowledge directly related to Dr. MacLean's hypothesis regarding altered cortical-subcortical interactions affecting physical disease outcomes or mediating processes (e.g. autonomic, neuroendocrine, immune) that can be directly linked to disease outcomes. The awardee will be given a plaque, an honorarium and the opportunity to give a plenary lecture at the 2011 American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Annual Meeting to be held in San Antonio, Texas March 9-12. The deadline for nominations is November 1, 2010. Applications should be sent to info@psychosomatic.org. For more information about APS and the annual meeting, please visit www.psychosomatic.org. Inquiries may be sent to info@psychosomatic.org.

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

President's Award

The President's Award, established in 1996, is presented each year by the current President. The award may go to whomever the President would like for unique contributions to psychosomatic medicine. The award consists of a plaque and up to $2,000 total ($1,000 honorarium and up to $1,000 in expenses if the recipient chooses to go to the Annual Meeting to accept the award). The recipient does not have to be present at the Annual Meeting to accept the award.

APS Scholar Awards

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YOU MUST SUBMIT an abstract to be considered for this award.

There will be between 10 and 24 APS Scholar Awards presented to outstanding abstract submissions where the first author of an accepted abstract is either a student, resident, or fellow. Scholars are selected on a competitive basis. Each award provides monetary assistance for conference fees, travel, and hotel accommodations. If you have won this award in the past, you are not eligible to win again, so please do not submit an application.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicant must be student or trainee enrolled in medical, graduate or undergraduate school, or in residency, internship, or post-doctoral fellowship program.
• Applicant must be first author on an abstract accepted for presentation at the APS Annual Meeting
• Applicants must be a member of APS, or in the process of applying for membership (for a membership application, please go to the membership section on the APS website www.psychosomatic.org).

In order to be considered for this award, you will need to indicate your interest by checking the special box provided when submitting your abstract, and complete the application. The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1st of each year.

Medical Student / Medical Resident / Medical Fellow Travel Scholarships

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The American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Medical Student/ Medical Resident/ Medical Fellow Travel Scholarships are intended to assist with travel, hotel accommodations and meeting registration fees to the APS Annual Meeting. Each scholarship will include $500 travel funds, a complimentary registration to the 3-day meeting and a complimentary one year membership. If you have won this award in the past, you are not eligible to win again, so please do not submit an application.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicant must be a Medical Student, Medical Resident, or Medical Fellow.
• Applicant must participate in the Mentor/Mentee Program at the APS Annual Meeting offered for meeting attendees.
• Applicant must agree to submit a summary of the experience, after attending the meeting.

In order to be considered for this award, please complete the application and submit your curriculum vitae/biographical sketch. The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1st of each year.

Minority Initiative Award

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The American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Minority Initiative Awards are intended to assist with travel, hotel accommodations, and other fees associated with attending the APS Annual Meeting. Each scholarship will include travel funds, and a complimentary registration. If you have won this award in the past, you are not eligible to win again, so please do not submit an application.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicant must be an underrepresented minority as defined by the NIH to be African-Americans, Hispanics, Native-Americans and Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders
• Applicant must participate in the Mentor/Mentee Program at the APS Annual Meeting offered for meeting attendees.
• Applicant must agree to submit a summary of the experience, after attending the meeting.

In order to be considered for this award, please complete the application form, and submit your curriculum vitae/biographical sketch. The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1st of each year.

Cousin's Center Global Outreach Awards

Nomination/Application Form

The Cousins' Center Global Outreach Award Program is intended to assist with travel, hotel accommodations and meeting registration fees for the APS Annual Meeting. The awards will be given to two applicants residing in developing nations (defined as low or lower-middle income by the World Bank*) with the highest abstract scores. If you have won this award in the past, you are not eligible to win again, so please do not submit an application.

The award consists of a check of $1,000 US Dollars.

The deadline for nominations/applications is November 1st of each year. Please complete the form below, attach a copy of your curriculum vitae or biographical sketch, and include the number(s) of your submitted abstract(s).

Please submit form to:
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, Virginia 22101, USA2
Phone 703-556-9222 or Fax 703-556-8729
email: info@psychosomatic.org

Travel Awards for MacLean Scholars

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YOU MUST SUBMIT an abstract to be considered for this award.
The 2011 APS Annual Meeting will be in San Antonio, TX March 9 -12. The MacLean Scholar awards were created to enable at least 5 neuroscience trainees to attend the Annual Meeting and interact with the recipient of the Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine. MacLean Scholar winners will receive travel reimbursement in the amount of $500 to attend the meeting.
Selection will be based primarily on outstanding research or research potential and research that addresses questions that will advance the legacy of Paul MacLean and should link direct measures of brain function either to medical outcomes or mediating variables that can be directly linked to such outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicant must be undergraduate or graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, medical students or resident physicians.

• Applicant must be first author on an abstract accepted for presentation at the APS Annual Meeting
• Applicants must be a member of APS, or in the process of applying for membership (for a membership application, please go to the membership section on the APS website ww.psychosomatic.org).

The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1st of each year.

Psychosomatic Medicine Interest Groups Sponsorship

The American Psychosomatic Society will sponsor the development of Psychosomatic Medicine Interest Groups (PMIGs) at ten medical schools during the academic year.

These competitive awards will fund and guide innovative efforts to foster interest in psychosomatic medicine among medical students, residents, and other clinical trainees. The award for one year includes $1,000 per interest group for meeting-related expenses plus support in the form of guidelines for activities, slide sets, model curricula, speaker lists, reading lists, and other resources provided by the Strategic Growth Subcommittee of the Membership Committee of the APS.

The goals of the award are to: 1) facilitate interest in psychosomatic medicine among medical students and other trainees; 2) promote education and research collaborations in psychosomatic medicine at that institution; 3) recruit promising physicians and young researchers into the American Psychosomatic Society; 4) cultivate the career paths of students interested in psychosomatic medicine; and 5) establish the feasibility of developing interest groups at a larger number of medical schools.

Recipients of the awards, who will serve as Sponsor of the local PMIG, must be a faculty member of a medical school. Sponsors will be expected to recruit a student or trainee leader, hold at least 6 meetings, submit a report on how the funds were used, and participate in the assessment of the effectiveness of the program.

Applications should be submitted to APS Central Office by November 1, 2010 using the online form. Selection will be based on the sponsor's expressed commitment to the project, proposed use of funds, potential for growth of the interest group at that institution, availability of other like-minded faculty members in the vicinity, and geographical distribution of the applicants. Awards will be announced in November 2010, and the first half of the funds will be distributed by January 2011. The remainder of the funds will be distributed July 2011, or sooner if requested.

If you have any questions, please contact the APS office.

Herbert Weiner Early Career Award