Investigators who submit abstracts to the ASPEN Nutrition Science & Practice Conference are eligible to apply for several prestigious abstract awards:
Abstract of Distinction: Honors first authors of top-scoring abstracts.
Best of ASPEN Nutrition Science & Practice Abstracts:
Awarded to the top-scoring abstracts in each of the primary categories presented at the conference.
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Parenteral Nutrition Therapy
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Enteral Nutrition Therapy
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Malnutrition, Obesity, Nutrition Practice Concepts and Issues
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Critical Care and Critical Health Issues
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GI and Other Nutrition and Metabolic Related Topics
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Pediatric, Neonatal, Pregnancy, and Lactation
Harry M. Vars and Promising Investigator Awards: Honors early-career investigators with the best research presentations. (Original abstracts submitted by early career investigators are eligible)
Research Trainee Awards: Honors investigators still in training who have submitted top-scoring abstracts. (Original abstracts submitted by trainees are eligible)
International Abstract Research Awards: Honor international investigators who have submitted top-scoring abstracts. (Original abstracts submitted by investigators residing outside the US are eligible)
Research Workshop Travel Awards: Honors early-career investigators who have submitted top-scoring abstracts that align with the 2019 Research Workshop, "The Relationship between the Intestinal Barrier and Chronic Disease."(Original abstracts submitted by early career investigators are eligible)
*Abstract submission fees are administrative and not meant to be punitive in nature. Abstract submission fees are not refundable for any reason.