Colleen McGarry

Nominations for the ASCI’s 2027 Early-Career Awards – the Emerging-Generation Awards (E-Gen) and the Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) – are open through October 9, 2026.

With these awards, the ASCI seeks to recognize early-career physician-scientists who have made notable achievements in their research, and to encourage and inspire them through their participation in the ASCI physician-scientist community.

Early-Career Award benefits include:

• • a $750 honorarium
    
    
  • 2 years of longitudinal early-career specific programming including Leadership Development Workshops, networking opportunities and topical panels with ASCI members

• • complementary registration for one AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting during the 2-year award period (discounted registration for the additional meeting if applicable).

ASCI staff will be available for drop-in office hours via Zoom (link here) to answer your questions about the nomination process from 1 – 2 pm Eastern on the following dates:

• • September 2 (Wednesday)
  • September 11 (Friday)
  • September 29 (Tuesday)

Nominee eligibility criteria:

E-Gen:

YPSA:

– has an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree – will have demonstrated creative promise during research training exemplified by publication and preprint activity (noted in biosketch) – is currently meaningfully engaged in immersive research – does not have an independent NIH K-08 level / equivalent award; a favorable score at the time of nomination is allowed – must be nominated by an ASCI member – may name a supporting contact (recommended), this person may provide a 250-word a letter of support

– has an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree – should preferably have a first faculty / institutional appointment within the past 5 years; if not within this range, nominees should note that extenuating circumstance(s) apply and may provide detail if they wish – have a current NIH / comparable, foundation, or society-sponsored career development award (see nomination form for details) – does not yet have current NIH R01 / equivalent independent project funding; a favorable score at the time of nomination is allowed. DP5s and R56s are also allowed; direct questions about R01 equivalents to programs@the-asci.org – must be nominated by an ASCI member – may name a supporting contact (recommended), this person may provide a 250-word a letter of support

The nominator must be an ASCI member in good standing and must start the nomination:

• • Access your member account

• • Go to the “Activities / nominations” tab, then click to the applicable nomination section

• • Select “I’m the nominator” option

• • Search for your nominee:
    • • If found, click on “Start nomination”
    • • If no result is found, provide and save the requested information (first name, last name, and email address), then click on “Create nomination” for the newly created nominee in the “Results” section.

• • At the top of the nomination form, click on “Send access notification to the nominee at: <email>”.

• • Provide a 250-word-limit statement regarding the nominee.

• • Submit the statement, which can be done regardless of whether the nominee’s part of the nomination is completed.

The nominee receives an email with information to access their part of the nomination and then must provide the following:

E-Gen

YPSA

– nominee contact, education, funding information, and a headshot (the headshot will be used if awarded and is not used during the review process) – a short bio (for use during review, and for public display if awarded) – a brief NIH biosketch, any format (doc, docx, or PDF), using Section A. as a Scientific Vision Statement, rather than a Personal Statement, and including any funding information, for this award – a completed ASCI demographics profile – a completed ASCI research domains survey – a supporter (optional, though highly recommended), who may provide a statement of up to 250 words

– nominee contact, education, funding information, and a headshot (the headshot will be used if awarded and is not used during the review process – a short bio (for use during review, and for public display if awarded) – a brief NIH biosketch, any format, including detailed funding information (doc, docx, or  PDF) – a completed ASCI demographics profile – a completed ASCI research domains survey – a supporter (optional, though highly recommended), who may provide a statement of up to 250 words

Note that the nominee can submit this information regardless of whether the nominator’s part of the nomination is completed.

Contact programs@the-asci.org with any questions.

Nominations for the ASCI’s 2026 Early-Career Awards – the Emerging-Generation Awards (E-Gen) and the Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) – are open through October 21, 2025 (deadline extended).

With these awards, the ASCI seeks to recognize early-career physician-scientists who have made notable achievements in their research, and to encourage and inspire them through their participation in the ASCI physician-scientist community.

Early-Career Award benefits include:

• an honorarium
• registration to the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting during the award period
• 2 years of longitudinal early-career specific programming including Leadership Development Workshops, networking opportunities and topical panels with ASCI members

Click here to view a webinar about these nomination processes. ASCI staff will be available via Zoom (link here) to answer your questions about the nomination process from 1 – 2 pm Eastern on the following dates:

• August 20 (Wednesday)
• September 5 (Friday)
• September 22 (Monday)
• October 7 (Tuesday)

Nominee eligibility criteria:

E-Gen:

YPSA:

– has an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree – will have demonstrated creative promise during research training exemplified by publication and preprint activity (noted in biosketch) – is currently meaningfully engaged in immersive research – does not have an independent NIH K-08 level / equivalent award; a favorable score at the time of nomination is allowed – must be nominated by an ASCI member – may name a supporting contact (recommended), this person may provide a 250-word a letter of support

– has an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree – should preferably have a first faculty / institutional appointment within the past 5 years; if not within this range, nominees should note that extenuating circumstance(s) apply and may provide detail if they wish – have a current NIH / comparable, foundation, or society-sponsored career development award (see nomination form for details) – does not yet have current NIH R01 / equivalent independent project funding; a favorable score at the time of nomination is allowed. DP5s and R56s are also allowed; direct questions about R01 equivalents to programs@the-asci.org – must be nominated by an ASCI member – may name a supporting contact (recommended), this person may provide a 250-word a letter of support

The nominator must be an ASCI member in good standing and must start the nomination:

• Access your member account
• Go to the “Activities / nominations” tab, then click to the applicable nomination section
• Select “I’m the nominator” option
• Search for your nominee:
  • If found, click on “Start nomination”
  • If no result is found, provide and save the requested information (first name, last name, and email address), then click on “Create nomination” for the newly created nominee in the “Results” section.
• At the top of the nomination form, click on “Send access notification to the nominee at: <email>”.
• Provide a 250-word-limit statement regarding the nominee.
• Submit the statement, which can be done regardless of whether the nominee’s part of the nomination is completed.

The nominee receives an email with information to access their part of the nomination and then must provide the following:

E-Gen

YPSA

– nominee contact, education, funding information, and a headshot (the headshot will be used if awarded and is not used during the review process) – a short bio (for use during review, and for public display if awarded) – a brief NIH biosketch (as a PDF), using Section A. as a Scientific Vision Statement, rather than a Personal Statement, and including any funding information, for this award – a completed ASCI demographics profile – a completed ASCI research domains survey – a supporter (optional, though recommended), who may provide a statement of up to 250 words

– nominee contact, education, funding information, and a headshot (the headshot will be used if awarded and is not used during the review process – a short bio (for use during review, and for public display if awarded) – a brief NIH biosketch, including detailed funding information (as a PDF) – a completed ASCI demographics profile – a completed ASCI research domains survey – a supporter (optional, though recommended), who may provide a statement of up to 250 words

Note that the nominee can submit this information regardless of whether the nominator’s part of the nomination is completed.

Contact programs@the-asci.org with any questions.