Award Description
This award recognizes the author of the best new research poster presented at the AACAP Annual Meeting. The author must be a child and adolescent psychiatry resident at an accredited institution and AACAP member. The award provides a $1,000 honorarium. The recipient will receive a plaque at the Young Leader Awards Ceremony during the 2008 AACAP Annual Meeting, October 28 – November 2, 2008 in Chicago, IL.

Eligibility

• must be a child and adolescent psychiatry resident
• must attend an accredited institution
• must be an AACAP member
• must attend and present a new research poster at the 2008 AACAP Annual Meeting

There is no application process for this award. The AACAP Program Committee will review all new research poster submissions by child and adolescent psychiatry residents to determine the recipient of this award. The recipient will be notified through an acceptance letter. Non-recipients will not be notified.

To ensure that your poster is considered for this award, please submit a Call for Papers application form. New Research Poster submitters may use the late deadline of Monday, June 16th, 2008.

Call for Papers for the 2008 Annual Meeting will be available soon.