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ASTS recognizes and honors ASTS junior members for their efforts in basic and clinical research by awarding travel prizes to the annual State of the Art Winter Symposium. The Vanguard Prize is designed to identify the best clinical and basic research manuscripts from young investigators in the previous year.  Recipients will be recognized during the Awards Ceremony at the Winter Symposium and will present their research during the Oral Abstract Session.

Award amount: Two awards are available annually, contingent upon the availability of funds and the receipt of qualified applications. Award recipients receive a $1,500 honorarium, hotel accommodations for three nights (room and tax only), and all-access registration to the Winter Symposium.

Eligibility

• Self-nominations are accepted. 
• ASTS Regular or Trainee Fellow Member.
• Clinical Instructor or Assistant Professor surgical faculty member at a UNOS approved (or Canadian equivalent) transplant center
• Be within 5 years of completing fellowship.
• Previous recipients of the Vanguard Prize are not eligible.

Submission requirements:

• CV of the nominee
• Copy of research paper

Review criteria:

The Vanguard Prize is scored based on the following weighted categories:

1.  Methodology 20%
2.  Originality 10%
3.  Overall impact 50%
4.  Significance 20%

Categories are scored from 1-5 where 1 is the best and 5 is unacceptable. Comment sections are provided for additional remarks.