2011 ACVP and ASVCP Awards Competition Eligibility

Individuals are able to submit one abstract for consideration in a maximum of two ACVP or ASVCP award categories with a choice of either an oral and/or poster presentation.  As long as the criteria of the pertinent award categories are met, individuals will be eligible to win both awards for which they apply. The awards include, the ACVP Young Investigator Awards (poster), ASVCP Young Investigator Award (oral), the STP Student Travel Award (oral), ACVP/AAVLD Travel Award (oral), The Charles Capen Student Travel Award (oral), and the ACVP Veterinary Student Poster Awards.

Entries, as well as competition category, should be indicated on the abstract form. Please note that any additional award a competitor applies for may dictate the category of YIA that he/she is placed in (e.g., if a competitor requests to be entered in the ACVP/AAVLD Travel Award, they will be placed in the Diagnostic Pathology category, or if competing for the STP Award they will be placed in the Industrial and Toxicologic Pathology category).  Thus, please ensure that your abstract is in the appropriate YIA category for the awards that you would like to compete for.

Competitors must:

• Be the first author of the presentation
• Have performed the major portion of the work
• Submit only one abstract for consideration
• Register for and attend the ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting
• Submit abstracts by June 1, 2011 to the ACVP website.

AWARD DESCRIPTIONS

ACVP Young Investigator Awards Poster Competition
ASVCP Young Investigator Award
ACVP/AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Travel Award
Charles Capen Student Travel Award in Experimental Pathology
Society of Toxicologic Pathology Student Speaker Award
ACVP Veterinary Student Poster Award

ACVP Young Investigator Awards Poster Competition

Purpose
This ACVP awards program recognizes quality poster presentations by veterinary pathology residents and graduate students.

Eligibility
Individuals eligible for this competition must be veterinarians currently enrolled in a residency or graduate program in veterinary pathology or that have completed such a program after June 30, 2010. The poster must present original work of the competitor completed during the period of residency or graduate training.

Competitors are encouraged to be present at their poster display during the Focused Poster Session on Saturday evening, December 3 from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. during the Opening Reception; however this is not mandatory.

Award Categories

• Diagnostic Pathology
• Experimental Disease and Industrial and Toxicologic Pathology
• Natural Disease

Each of these categories will offer up to three monetary awards:

• First Place: $500
• Second Place: $300
• Third Place: $200

If fewer than three abstracts are submitted within a specific category, the YIA category will be combined with the most compatible group.  If there are more than three submissions but less than five submissions, one award will be given in the category.  If there are greater than 5 participants in a category, three awards (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) will be given.

Judging
The posters will be judged by College Diplomates representing each focused scientific group, during the Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on December 3-7, 2011. 

Award Announcements
Awards will be announced at the ACVP Awards and Recognition Event, on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at the Annual Meeting. Recipients are asked to display their winning poster on Wednesday morning from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon in the Young Investigator Award poster session. 

* Undergraduate veterinary students still enrolled in a College of Veterinary Medicine are also encouraged to submit posters for the meeting, but they will be judged under a separate category and will be eligible for awards dedicated to veterinary student posters.  For more information, see the information on veterinary student poster awards below.

If there are any additional questions, please contact Kelli Boyd at kelli.l.boyd@vanderbilt.edu, Shelley Newman at snewman4@utk.edu, or Jane Shepard at the ACVP Executive Office at meetings@acvp.org.

ASVCP Young Investigator Award

Purpose
The ASCVP YIA recognizes outstanding oral presentations given by residents or graduate students in the field of veterinary clinical pathology. 

Eligibility
Candidates must have a degree in veterinary medicine and be enrolled in a residency or graduate program in veterinary clinical pathology or a related discipline. The oral presentation must be given by the candidate during the ASVCP Clinical Pathology Focused Scientific Session at the ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting and must describe original work of the competitor that involves clinical, translational, or basic research relating to clinical pathology.

Award Categories
Two awards will be given. One award will be given to the best oral presentation involving applied or translational research or case reviews that provide new knowledge in the field of veterinary clinical pathology. One award will be given to the best oral presentation involving basic research that provides new knowledge in the field of veterinary clinical pathology.  The award category can be requested by the student, but final assignment of the category will be determined by the chair of Focused Scientific Group and the immediate Past President of the ASVCP. The student will be notified of the final category assignment prior to the meeting.

Judging
Award selection will be based on scientific content, abstract composition, clarity of presentation, and the ability to answer questions. Each resident or graduate student may submit only one presentation for this competition.  Candidates awarded YIA the preceding year will not be eligible for an award in the subsequent year. The winner of each category will receive a $500 check from the ASVCP.

Three judges from the ASVCP membership will be identified by the immediate Past President of ASVCP.  Judges will deliberate after the second ASVCP Clinical Pathology Focused Scientific Session and provide the names of the winners in each category to the immediate Past President.

Award Announcements
Awards will be announced at the beginning of the Case Review Session at the ASVCP/ACVP Annual Meeting by the immediate Past President or Executive Board designee. The immediate Past President or Executive Board designee will hand the check to the awardees and a photo session will follow. Winners will be notified that they should be present at this session to accept the award.

If you would like to be considered for this award, submit your abstract online at www.acvp.org by June 1, 2011.

ACVP/AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Travel Award

Purpose
The American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) encourage trainees in veterinary pathology to participate in the Annual Meetings of both organizations.  The fourth annual ACVP/AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Travel Award is available to graduate students and/or residents in veterinary pathology for travel to and participation in the Annual Meeting of the AAVLD.

• The recipient will be awarded a $1,000 grant from the ACVP to help defray travel and lodging costs associated with attending the AAVLD Annual Meeting.
• The recipient will be granted a waiver for the AAVLD meeting registration fee.

Eligibility
Candidates for the Diagnostic Pathology Travel Award must be veterinarians or other medical professionals currently enrolled in a full-time residency program and/or graduate program in veterinary pathology or a related discipline in the U.S. or Canada.  Candidates who have completed a graduate and/or residency program in veterinary pathology within a year before the AAVLD meeting are eligible to compete. 

Application and Selection Procedure
The presentation must represent original work of the applicant completed during his/her residency or graduate program.

Five or more oral presentations will be invited from abstracts submitted for the Young Investigator Award for the Diagnostic Pathology Focused Scientific Session at the ACVP Annual Meeting. Therefore, finalists for this award may be required to give both an oral and a poster presentation if competing for both the YIA and the ACVP/AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Travel Awards. The applicant should follow the guidelines for application for the Young Investigator Award in Diagnostic Pathology to be eligible for this award. On the website, an applicant can choose either poster (if also applying for YIA) or oral presentation and still be eligible for this award, but only the travel award finalists will be asked to do both poster and oral presentations.

Judging
The judging panel consisting of College Diplomates will select the best oral presentation by a trainee as well as a runner-up*. The presentation will be judged on originality and creativity, impact, organization, interpretation of findings and quality of the visual aids.  The recipient will attend and present the same oral presentation at the next AAVLD Annual Meeting held September 29-October 5, 2011 in Buffalo, New York.

*If the selected candidate is unable to attend the next AAVLD Annual Meeting, then the runner-up will receive the award.

Award Announcement
The recipient of the award will be announced at the ACVP Awards and Recognition Event on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

Timeline
Trainees will be notified in mid-July if their abstract has been selected for oral presentation in the Diagnostic Pathology Focused Scientific Session at the ACVP Annual Meeting of the same year.

Charles Capen Student Travel Award in Experimental Pathology

Purpose
The Charles Capen Student Travel Award recognizes Dr. Charles Capen and his legacy as a researcher, teacher, and mentor to the veterinary, experimental and toxicological pathology communities spanning more than four decades.  Dr. Capen was recognized worldwide as an exceptional leader in veterinary and biomedical research.  He was a highly regarded mentor to graduate students and post-doctoral scientists.  His students are now leaders throughout academia, government, and industry and have contributed significantly to his reputation as an outstanding teacher and research mentor.

The International Academy of Toxicologic Pathology (IATPFellows.org) funds the award in the amount of $750 for the best trainee oral presentation in the Experimental Disease Focused Scientific Session.  The award can be used by the recipient for travel or registration costs to attend the Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Eligibility
Candidates for the Charles Capen Student Travel Award must be veterinarians or other medical professionals currently enrolled in a full-time residency program and/or graduate program in veterinary pathology or a related discipline in the U.S. or Canada. Candidates who have completed a graduate and/or residency program in veterinary pathology within a year before the ACVP meeting are eligible to compete.

Application and Selection Procedure
The presentation must represent original work of the applicant completed during his/her residency or graduate program. Five or more oral presentations will be invited from abstracts submitted in the Experimental Disease Focused Scientific Session at the ACVP Annual Meeting. Finalists for this award may be required to give both an oral and a poster presentation in the Experimental Disease Focused Scientific Session if competing for both the Charles Capen Student Travel Award and the ACVP Young Investigator Award.

The applicant should follow the application guidelines for the ACVP Young Investigator Award in Experimental Disease to be eligible for this award.  Only the travel award finalists will be asked to do both poster and oral presentations.  An independent panel of judges will select the best oral presentation by a trainee.

Timeline
Trainees will be notified in mid-July if their abstract has been selected for oral presentation in the Experimental Disease Focused Scientific Session at the ACVP Annual Meeting of the same year.

Award Announcement
The recipient of the award will be announced at the ACVP Awards and Recognition Event on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

Society of Toxicologic Pathology Student Speaker Award

Purpose
The Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP) is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual STP Student Speaker Award to encourage students to pursue careers in the field of Toxicologic Pathology.  The award recipient will receive free registration plus $1,000 to be used for lodging and travel to the 2011 STP Annual Meeting, which will take place June 19-23, in Denver, CO, and may be asked to present the same presentation at that meeting.

Eligibility
To be eligible to compete for this award, students must have obtained a degree in veterinary medicine and be enrolled in a residency or graduate program in toxicologic pathology/general pathology/clinical pathology or a related discipline.  The oral presentation must describe original work of the competitor involving clinical or experimental research that relates to toxicologic pathology.  The presentation content may include in vitro or in vivo studies.  The award selection will be determined by an independent panel of judges and will be based on the scientific content of the presentation, composition of the abstract, clarity of presentation, and the presenter’s ability to answer questions. Trainees in clinical and/or morphologic pathology are encouraged to apply for the award.

Application and Selection Procedure
The award will be given to the resident or graduate student whose oral platform presentation is judged best among up to five finalists at the annual ACVP/ASVCP meeting.  The finalists will be selected by the judges from abstracts submitted to the ACVP and ASVCP meeting.

Finalists for this award may be required to give both an oral and a poster presentation if competing in both the Society of Toxicologic Pathology Student Speaker Award competition and the ACVP Young Investigator Award (YIA) competition.  The applicant should follow the guidelines for application for the ACVP YIA in Industrial and Toxicologic Pathology to be eligible for this award. Only those candidates that choose to enter both the ACVP YIA competition and the STP Student Speaker Award Competition will be asked to prepare both poster and oral presentations. To apply for the STP Student Speaker Award, please check the appropriate box on the abstract submission form.

Award Announcement
The recipient of the Fifth Annual STP Student Speaker Award will be announced at the ACVP Business Meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

ACVP Veterinary Student Poster Award
(Deadline of August 31, 2011)

ACVP is offering an award for veterinary students which requires submission of an abstract and a quality poster presentation of pathology-related research or case work material at the 2011 Annual Meeting.
Entitled the “Veterinary Student Poster Award”, the criteria for submission are as follows:

• Be the first author of the presentation, which also minimally includes a senior scientist and/or pathologist
• Should have performed the major portion of the work
• May submit only one poster for consideration
• Individuals eligible for this competition must be currently enrolled veterinary students. The poster must present original work of the competitor completed during the period of student training.

There will be two awards in 2011 – one for an experimental disease poster and one for a case report/series poster.  The recipients of these awards receive a $250 monetary award and an additional award of $250 will go to the ACVP-recognized Student Chapter (if the recipient/s is/are a member of a Student Chapter).

Viewing
Veterinary student posters will be setup on Saturday, December 3 between 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the Nashville Convention Center. Posters will be available for viewing as follows:

• Saturday, December 3 at the Opening Reception and Focused Poster Session from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• Sunday, December 4 from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Monday, December 5 from 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 6 from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

There will be a Focused Poster Session Saturday, December 3 from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. during which veterinary student poster authors are invited to preside by their posters. If available, they are also encouraged to be present at their posters during the morning refreshment breaks on Sunday, December 4 and Tuesday, December 5 to discuss their poster presentation with attendees.

Judging
The posters will be judged by Student Chapter Sub-Committee representatives during the Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on December 3-7, 2011.

Award Announcement
Awards will be announced at the ACVP Awards and Recognition Event on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at the Annual Meeting. If there are any additional questions, please contact Krista LaPerle (la-perle.1@osu.edu), Kaori Sakamoto (kaoris@uga.edu) or Jane Shepard at the ACVP Executive Office at (meetings@acvp.org).

Abstracts must be submitted by August 31, 2011 to the ACVP Office.  Further instructions for submission will be available on the website this summer