Awards
Our Award Programs
The Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award
The Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of ASCI members in advancing knowledge in a specific field and in mentoring future generations of life science researchers. The recognition, which was first known as the ASCI Award, was renamed in 2006 in honor of Dr. Stanley J. Korsmeyer, a dedicated and accomplished physician-scientist and mentor who was the first recipient in 1998 and who passed away in 2005.
Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine
The ASCI / Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine is a collaboration between the ASCI and the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. The Prize, established with its first recipient in 2014, honors a physician-scientist who has moved science forward with achievements notable for innovation, creativity, and potential for clinical application.
The Marian W. Ropes, MD, Award
The Marian W. Ropes, MD, Award recognizes the significant scholarly achievements of a middle-career woman physician-scientist. The recipient of the annual award receives a $10,000 honorarium and presents the Ropes Lecture at the Society’s annual meeting.
The Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award
The Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award recognizes the significant scholarly achievements of a middle-career physician-scientist who is underrepresented in medicine and science. The recipient of the annual award receives a $10,000 honorarium and presents the Sullivan Lecture at the Society’s annual meeting.
The Scharschmidt~Crawford Award
The ASCI is honored to announce a new recognition for its community: the Bruce F. Scharschmidt & Peggy S. Crawford Translational Medicine Distinguished Lectureship and Award, which recognizes important contributions to the development of high-impact diagnostics or therapeutics for patients.
The Seldin~Smith Award
The Donald Seldin~Holly Smith Award for Pioneering Research, initiated by the ASCI Council in 2014, connects the next generation of physician-scientist leaders with the legacies of two esteemed ASCI members, Drs. Donald W. Seldin and Lloyd H. “Holly” Smith Jr., whom we remember for both their scientific contributions and their dedicated mentorship of countless physician-scientists.
Young Physician-Scientist Awards
The ASCI Council Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research. With these awards, the ASCI seeks to encourage and inspire these physician-scientists through their participation in the Joint Meeting.
Emerging-Generation Awards
The Emerging Generation Awards (E-Gen Awards) recognize post-MD, pre-faculty appointment physician-scientists who are meaningfully engaged in immersive research, giving them access to the Joint Meeting and longitudinal programming over a 2-year period.
ASCI PSSF Fellowship
The ASCI PSSF Fellowship is a fully funded, medical school gap-year opportunity for MD-only students to engage in rigorous, immersive training with research mentors. Previously known as the Physician-Scientist Support Foundation Medical Scholars Research Fellowship (PSSF MSRF), the ASCI PSSF Fellowship continues to offer a 12-month training experience in biomedical research under the supervision of a principal investigator mentor.
The ASCI Postbaccalaureate Program
The ASCI Postbaccalaureate (Postbac) Program aims to increase the number of physician-scientists entering the physician-science pipeline. Each year, two college graduates are selected for a two-year mentored research experience in an ASCI-member host laboratory, with the goal to prepare them to become competitive MD or MD-PhD candidates.