Award Overview
The Junior Investigator Award for Pain in Older Persons 2024 recognizes the contribution of a junior investigator whose scientific work has enhanced the science and practice of pain in older persons. The recipient of the Junior Investigator Award for Pain in Older Persons 2024 will receive a prize of $500 USD. Nomination Deadline: 29 February 2024
Criteria for the Award
- The research must contribute to the science and/or practice of pain research in older persons.
- The research findings are disseminated via presentations and publications.
- The research demonstrates high standards of scholarship in methods and dissemination.
Eligibility Requirements
- The applicant is currently a PhD student or must have completed (defended) the dissertation within the past 7 years.
Submission Requirements
- Nomination should include a short letter of support from a PhD supervisor, post-doctoral supervisor, or position supervisor that addresses the significance of the research to advance the science in the area of pain and aging and the meritorious level of scholarship demonstrated by the applicant.
- Include one manuscript representative of a strong contribution to the literature.
- Include a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae.
Notification
The award recipient will be notified in May 2024. The award recipient will be notified in May 2024. The award will be presented at the 2024 IASP Congress Older Person’s SIG meeting. The awardee is expected – if possible -to be present to receive the award at the SIG meeting.
Please attach all requested documents listed under Submission Requirements (above) to Chair of the Junior Investigator Award for Pain in Older Persons Subcommittee, A.Prof, Dr. Margaret Dunham. Please let us know if you have any questions.