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Student Prize Paper Award

23rd ANNUAL MEETING
June 22-23, 2010
Seattle, Washington

The Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) requests papers for the Annual Student Prize Paper Award.  This competition is open to graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows, medical residents, research trainees, and clinical fellows interested in reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology.  The winner of the award will present the selected paper at the 2010 meeting in Seattle, Washington. 

An award of $250 plus expenses for travel, two days’ lodging, and SPER registration will be given to the author of the selected paper.  The paper should represent work in reproductive, perinatal, or pediatric epidemiology conducted as a student or trainee during the two years prior to the 2010 meeting.  The paper must be written by the student/trainee and must be unpublished at the time of the meeting.  The author may submit the paper simultaneously to the Abraham Lilienfeld Student Prize Paper competition of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER); however, if the paper is selected for that award, it will not be eligible for the SPER award.  Authors do not have to be members of SPER to apply.

Students are also encouraged to submit their papers as abstracts, following the standard abstract submission guidelines by the February 6, 2010 deadline. 

To apply for this award, please submit the following materials:

1. Submit the student prize paper application form by following this link.
2. Manuscript:  email an electronic copy of the paper, which must be prepared according to the “Instructions to Authors” printed in the journal Pædiatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
3. Letter:  Email an electronic copy of a letter from the person under whose supervision the work was done, indicating your specific contribution

Papers must be received by MARCH 6, 2010. 

For more information on this prize, contact:
SPER President-Elect:         
Cande Ananth
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick NJ 08901-1977
Tel: (732) 235-7940 / Fax: (732) 235-6627
email: cande.ananth@umdnj.edu

Applicants will be notified of the selection committee’s decision by April 7th.