ASCEPT awards and prizes
In order to be eligible for any award, nominees must be financial members of ASCEPT prior to the judging of the specific award. Abstracts will be considered for the following prize categories:
- Certara New Investigator Awards (oral prize)
- ASCEPT Gillian Shenfield Early Educator Award (oral prize)
- ASCEPT Early Achievement Award for Women (oral prize)
- ASCEPT Garth McQueen Prize (oral prize)
- ASCEPT Clinical Pharmacology Trainee Prize (oral prize)
- ASCEPT Neville Percy Prize (student ePoster prize)
- ASCEPT Robert Whelan Prize (student ePoster prize)
- ASCEPT Integrative Pharmacology/Toxicology Prize (student ePoster prize)
- ASCEPT Special Interest Group Prizes (student ePoster prize)
Certara New Investigator Awards
These prestigious awards are presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of ASCEPT during a symposium designed to showcase New Investigators in clinical and experimental pharmacology and toxicology. Nominations of suitable New Investigators must be made by a member of ASCEPT, who should ensure that the nominee is also a member of the Society.
The application must contain a letter of support and up-to-date Curriculum Vitae of the nominee, and should be forwarded to the ASCEPT Executive Officer at ascept@ascept.org by Friday 9 July 2021.
The selected nominees will be invited to present their research at the Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting, where they will also be presented with a certificate recognising their Award. Due to COVID 19 and current travel restrictions the final award inclusions are currently being reviewed by ASCEPT and Certara and will be confirmed once finalised.
View full guidelines for Certara New Investigator Awards.
ASCEPT Gillian Shenfield Early Educator Award
The ASCEPT Gillian Shenfield Early Educator Award was established in 2012 and is awarded annually to a full member of ASCEPT and is presented at the ASCEPT virtual Scientific Meeting to recognise and reward initiatives in pharmacology education that lead to enhanced student outcomes. The award is aimed at those in the early stages of their academic career. The recipient will be invited to present at an Education session during the Virtual Scientific Meeting.
Applicants for the award must have been members of ASCEPT for at least 2 years prior to the Annual Scientific Meeting and at the level of Lecturer Level B (or equivalent) or below. Applicants can be involved in any aspect of teaching in pharmacology or toxicology, either basic or clinical, and should demonstrate that they have changed their teaching practices to improve learning outcomes amongst their students and gathered evidence to assess the impact of the change.
To apply for this prize applicants must:
- select I wish to be considered for ASCEPT Gillian Shenfield Early Educator Award and select oral presentation as the presentation preference during the online abstract submission process
- in addition to submitting a standard abstract, upload an Application Package (in PDF format) as part of the abstract submission process. Abstract submission deadline – Monday 13 September 2021.
View ASCEPT Gillian Shenfield Early Educator Award Guidelines
All applications will be judged by a panel nominated by the ASCEPT Education Forum. The successful applicant will be invited to present at the Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting. Dependent on the final program other applicants may be allocated a poster or oral presentation as decided by the Scientific Advisory Committee.
ASCEPT Early Achievement Award for Women
This award, to be presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of ASCEPT, is to be made to a woman within five years of the award of her PhD, or longer if combined with periods of significant career interruption, for significant achievement in research and scholarship in pharmacology or toxicology. The award is to recognise the early achievements of women pharmacologists and toxicologists, and to assist ASCEPT to achieve gender equality in ASCEPT’s senior awards and office bearers.
To apply for this prize applicants must:
- select I wish to be considered for ASCEPT Early Achievement Award for Women 2021 and select oral presentation as the presentation preference during the online abstract submission process
- in addition to a standard abstract, upload an Application Package (in PDF format) as part of the abstract submission process.
View ASCEPT Early Achievement Award for Women
ASCEPT Student Member Prizes
Several student prizes are on offer each year at the Annual Scientific Meeting of ASCEPT. Prizes are open to all Honours and Higher Degree (i.e. PhD and Masters) students and clinicians in an accredited training program, or clinicians who have worked for less than seven years full-time since completing their undergraduate degree. To be eligible for ASCEPT prizes, students must be financial members of ASCEPT by the time of judging at the ASM. Undergraduate members are not eligible for student prizes – should they wish to be considered for SIG prizes then they are encouraged to upgrade to full student membership upon acceptance of their abstract for the Annual Scientific Meeting.
ASCEPT Garth McQueen Prize (Oral Communication Prize)
The ASCEPT Garth McQueen Prize was established in memory of Professor Garth McQueen, a member of the original steering committee that established ASCEPT. It is awarded annually for the best oral communication by a Higher Degree student member of ASCEPT. A Higher Degree student includes anyone undertaking a Masters Degree or PhD in a relevant biomedical discipline. Clinicians in an accredited training program and who have worked for less than seven years full-time since completing their undergraduate degree, are also eligible.
To apply for this prize students must:
- select I wish to be considered for ASCEPT Garth McQueen Prize and select oral presentation as the presentation preference during the online abstract submission process
- in addition to a standard abstract, submit an 800 word project description (in PDF format) as part of the abstract submission process.
View 800 word project description guidelines
Students will be shortlisted on the basis of the scientific quality, innovation and significance of their study by an ASCEPT judging panel. Students who are shortlisted for the ASCEPT Garth McQueen Prize may still present their abstract in poster format so that they remain in contention for the poster prizes. Students who are not shortlisted will automatically be included in the poster program and are thus eligible for the poster prizes.
ASCEPT Clinical Pharmacology Trainee Prize (Oral Communication Prize)
The ASCEPT Clinical Pharmacology Trainee prize is awarded for the best research presentation by a Clinical Pharmacology Trainee at the Annual Scientific Meeting of ASCEPT. Eligible trainees will be current ASCEPT members and currently enrolled as trainees in Clinical Pharmacology under the Specialty Training Committee for Clinical Pharmacology. This prize recognises the importance of research to the discipline of Clinical Pharmacology and the importance of experience in presenting at scientific meetings to training in the discipline. All trainees are encouraged to submit abstracts.
To apply for this prize clinical pharmacology trainees must:
- select ASCEPT Clinical Pharmacology Trainee as the abstract theme.
The six highest ranked abstracts (the number may vary depending on the conference program) will be invited to make oral presentations which will be judged on the basis of scientific merit, relevance to the discipline and quality of presentation. The remaining abstracts will be considered for poster presentation or oral presentations at other sessions at the discretion of the Scientific Advisory Committee.
ASCEPT ePoster Prizes
All students who submit their abstract prior to the submission closing date and become student financial members of ASCEPT by the time of prize judging at the Annual Scientific Meeting will automatically be considered for ePoster prizes. In addition to Special Interest Group ePoster prizes relevant to the student’s area of study, ASCEPT full student members will also be considered for the prestigious ASCEPT Neville Percy or ASCEPT Robert Whelan Prizes for best Higher Degree or Honours student ePoster, respectively. Undergraduate members are not eligible for ePoster prizes but have the option to upgrade to full membership before the time of prize judging, should they wish to be considered.
ePosters should be considered as a different medium to traditional poster presentations and students should prepare themselves accordingly. For the virtual conference ePosters will not use the standard A0 poster format. Each successful ePoster will include a 3 minute oral presentation and a single power-point slide. Please see further detailed information.
ASCEPT Neville Percy Prize
The ASCEPT Neville Percy Prize was established in memory of Dr Neville Percy, one of the founding members of the Society, and is awarded annually to a Higher Degree student for the best poster communication at the Annual Scientific Meeting.
ASCEPT Robert Whelan Prize
The ASCEPT Robert Whelan Prize was established in memory of Professor Robert Whelan, a co-founder of the Society, and is awarded annually to a BSc Honours, BMedSc Honours, or equivalent fourth year (e.g. Grad Dip Sci) degree student for the best poster communication at the Annual Scientific Meeting.
ASCEPT Integrative Pharmacology/Toxicology Prize
The ASCEPT Integrative Pharmacology/Toxicology Prize was established in 2010 and is awarded at the Annual Scientific Meeting to an Honours OR Higher Degree student for the best poster communication in this category. To receive the criteria and guidelines contact the ASCEPT Executive Officer at ascept@ascept.org.
To apply for this prize students must, in addition to a standard abstract, submit a 500 word statement as per the prize guidelines (in PDF format) to the ASCEPT Executive Officer at ascept@ascept.org by Thursday 30 September 2021.
Special Interest Group Prizes
Students whose research falls under an area of interest of one of ASCEPT’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs) will automatically be considered for the relevant SIG Prize. Note that SIGs covering clinical research areas (i.e. the Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology SIGs) may also consider registrants in an accredited training program and non-students who have worked for less than seven years full-time since completing their first undergraduate degree, for their prizes. Students must be financial members of ASCEPT to be eligible for a SIG prize at either the Annual Scientific Meeting or associated SIG satellite meetings/workshops. Only one prize will be awarded per SIG and no joint awards are possible.
The following Special Interest Groups award a prize annually to the student who gives the best overall presentation in their specific research field.
- Cardiovascular
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Drug Disposition and Response
- Drug Discovery
- Education
- Gastro Urogenital
- Pharmacogenomics
- Toxicology
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Neuropharmacology
- Respiratory and Inflammation