The Apple Award
ASIA, Shepherd Center, and Thomas Land Publishers, Inc. will sponsor the 2012 Apple Award, for the fifth consecutive year. The Apple Award is for excellence in publishing in spinal cord injury rehabilitation research. This annual prize is given at the ASIA meeting, for the best published paper by a clinician or researcher in the preceding calendar year (the 2012 award is for articles published in calendar 2011). Nominations will be accepted from the field for articles which address clinical or basic science research in spinal cord medicine. No self-nominations will be accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of ASIA. The editorial board of the journal "Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation," along with the ASIA Research Committee, will review all nominations and select the recipient, with announcement of the award in the journal. Nominations must be received by January 1, 2012. The winner will be notified in March of 2012.
The recipient will: register for and attend the ASIA meeting at which the award will be presented, with an option to present the winning article as a poster; and attend the annual Research Day at Shepherd Center to present a talk based on the winning paper.
The award includes a cash prize of $2,000, complimentary ASIA registration, expenses to attend the ASIA meeting up to a maximum of $1,000 (North America) or $2,000 (outside North America), customary expenses to travel to Shepherd Center Research Day, and an engraved crystal award.
Submit nominations, along with a copy of the article being nominated, to: pat_duncan@shepherd.org.
The Apple Award Winner for 2011
Christopher D. Pritchard, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Previous Recipients of the Apple Award:
| 2010 | Anthony F. DiMarco, M.D. |
| Cleveland, OH | |
| 2009 | James S. Krause, Ph.D. |
| Charleston, SC | |
| 2008 | Christopher Patrick Smith, M.D. |
| Houston, TX | |
| 2007 | MJ Mulcahey, Ph.D. |
| Philadelphia, PA | |
