Call for Nominations - 2025 Ashton Cuckler New Investigator Award

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The award is given to a new investigator who has, within the last 2 years, been awarded a Masters or Doctoral degree in the area of Parasitology.

 

Nominations will close on January 24, 2025.

 

Eligibility

The award is given to a new investigator who has, within the last two years, been awarded a Masters or Doctoral degree in the area of Parasitology. Selection will be based upon the body of research accomplished during the candidate's graduate studies. This "body of research" will be documented through (a) peer-reviewed journal or book publications directly related to research conducted in pursuit of and contained in the accepted graduate student thesis or dissertation, (b) other peer-reviewed journal publications unrelated to the primary thesis or dissertation work, but derived from research conducted as a graduate student, (c) papers and/or posters presented at scientific meetings as a graduate student, (d) any outside recognition of research excellence which may include, but not be restricted to, best student paper awards, dissertation improvement grants, student-initiated research grant support and the like. The achievements under consideration for the New Investigator Award must have occurred during the immediate five years surrounding the awarding of the degree for which the candidate is nominated (e.g., five years before, four years before and one year after, or three years before and two years after).

 

Award

The award will consist of travel and accommodation expenses, a cash award according to the current Society policy, and a plaque to be presented during the Annual Meeting of the Society. It does not include ASP meeting registration fees.

 

Nominations

Nominations must be made within two years following awarding of the Masters or Doctoral degree, and the nominee must be a member of the ASP at the time the award is made. Required documentation for award consideration should include:

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(a) A nominating letter by the student's graduate adviser critically evaluating the quality and significance of the student's research. Note: the adviser also must be a member of the ASP at the time of the nomination; 

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(b) Two (2) letters of support from noted authorities who have not been involved in mentoring the nominee commenting on the significance of the body of research accomplishments. The advisor will submit the name of one evaluator and the second evaluator will be selected by the Awards Committee; 

 

c) The nominee will provide the following documentation: i) letter providing a self-evaluation of research accomplishments, ii) thesis/dissertation abstract (two page limit), iii) curriculum vitae, and iv) scanned pdfs only of all research publications (published or in press). Applicants should highlight their track record of sustained contributions to the Society's Journal and its annual meetings.

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Please submit nominations to:

TBD 

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Previous Ashton Cuckler New Investigator Award Winners

​1995 Mark E. Siddall                         

1996 Brenda Beerntsen                            

1997 Scott Snyder                           

1999 Ramon Carreno                           

2000 Todd  Smith

2001 Peter D. Olson

2002 Jeffrey Bethony

2003 Jason Curtis

2004 Randy J. DeJong

2005 Julian Hillyer

2006 Charles Criscione

2007 Greg Sandland

2008 S. Ashton Bullard

2009 Ryan Hechinger

2010 Dawn Roellig

2011 Chelsea Matisz

2012 Jillian Detwiler

2013 Jonas King

2014 Sarah Orlofske

2016 Stephen Greiman 

2017 Heather Stigge

2018 Kyle Gustafson

2019 T. Graham Rosser

2020 Spencer Galen

2021 Kelly Speer

2022 Tyler Achatz

2023 Jimmy Bernot

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