 The CHEST Foundation Scientific Abstract Awards
The CHEST Foundation confers awards to ACCP members for clinical research in chest and critical care medicine through a robust awards program that includes scientific abstract awards. Since inception of the awards program, more than 800 recipients have received about $5 million to recognize and reward their outstanding work.
All accepted abstracts will be considered for the scientific abstract awards. The abstract must be presented at CHEST 2009 to be eligible for an award. Primary authors will be awarded as winners. Though eligible for all awards, authors may win only one. Recipients will be recognized at an awards ceremony during CHEST 2009.
Top Five Posters Award
$200 each
Primary authors will be evaluated on their written abstract and the quality of their poster presentation. The Top Five Posters will be selected for outstanding original scientific research by judges from the Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee.
Alfred Soffer Research Awards
Two awards of $1,500
Four awards of $1,000
Primary authors will be evaluated on their written abstract and the quality of their oral presentation. Winners will be selected for outstanding original scientific research by judges from the Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee.
This award is named in honor of Alfred Soffer, MD, Master FCCP, who was Editor in Chief of CHEST from 1968 to 1993 and Executive Director of the ACCP from 1969 to 1992.
Young Investigator Awards
Three awards of $2,275
Seven awards of $775
Primary authors who are enrolled in a training or fellowship program or who have completed a fellowship program within the past 5 years are eligible and will be evaluated on their written abstract and the quality of their presentation. Winners will be selected for outstanding original scientific research by judges from the Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee.
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