Research Award

The APA Research Award recognizes the contribution of a senior investigator or a network in advancing pediatric knowledge through excellence in research.  Research excellence is characterized by originality, creativity, and methodological soundness.  Through his/her/their research, the network/senior investigator has epitomized the mission of the APA and contributed significantly to the general health of children in such areas as understanding mechanisms of health and disease, methods of education, and innovative ways of providing children’s services, especially in the setting of vulnerable populations.  The award recipient will be celebrated to and outside APA membership, thus being held as a role model to young investigators and demonstrating to all the important mission of the APA.

Such a person or network should have an unquestionably successful career in research as demonstrated through many, if not all, of the following:

• Peer reviewed publications that advance the field
• Research grants that demonstrate sustained external funding for novel ideas
• Active and successful mentoring of junior scholars
• Discoveries that have improved the lives of vulnerable children
• Leadership as service in the field of research

Ideally this person or network shall have an active APA presence with continued collaboration, sustained membership, service to the APA as a grant reviewer and mentor, and/or a prior or current role within the Board or one of the research networks or other core programs.