STAR Awards

The Student Travel Achievement Recognitions (STARs) recognize research excellence and develop future leaders within our Society. 

The Student Travel Achievement Recognitions (STARs) present a major opportunity to recognize research excellence and develop future leaders within our Society. The STAR recipients will be selected according to the procedure listed below:

1. SIG officers are to review the list of STAR applicants, which includes abstract titles and abstract review scores; full abstracts will also be available for review. Each SIG will nominate STARs to the SIG Chair Committee by the end of February.
2. The SIG Chair Committee will select the STAR finalists and Honorable Mention recipients. It is expected that 25 awardees will be selected each year.
3. The awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting. The awardees will receive a certificate and a monetary award of $250; the Honorable Mentions will receive a certificate. The name of the nominating SIG(s) will be included on the certificate. Awardees will also be named in the Final Program.

Click here to see the past STAR award winners!