AGT STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

Student members enrolled in an accredited Cytogenetics or Diagnostic Molecular Science program are invited to submit abstracts for the 2010 Student Research Award. This award will be presented to the recipient at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of Genetic Technologists in Phoenix, Arizona, June 3-5, 2010. The entries are submitted to the AGT Executive Office, which then forwards the abstracts to a panel of Association members. The winner is selected by this panel based on a scored evaluation of the submitted abstracts. All other participants will be invited to present a poster at the annual meeting.

ELIGIBILITY:

Individuals/students eligible to submit abstracts for the award are:
- Those enrolled in a NAACLS “Serious Applicant Status” or “Accredited” undergraduate or certificate program in Cytogenetics or Diagnostic Molecular Science (U.S. Programs).
- Those enrolled in a Canadian Society of Laboratory Technology Approved undergraduate or certificate program in Cytogenetics or Molecular Biology (Canadian programs).
- Those attending formal undergraduate or certificate programs outside of the United States and Canada if the program is recognized at the national level of the country in which the program is located.
Applicants MUST be enrolled in the program between March 1, 2009 and March 5, 2010
Individuals/students graduated prior to March 1, 2009 are not eligible.
Applicants must be active members of the Association of Genetic Technologists at the time of application for this award. Information regarding AGT membership is available from your program director or the AGT Executive Office.
The applicant will be required to be the first author on the abstract.
The applicant and a program official will be required to validate that: the research was conducted during enrollment and completed prior to graduation from the program, the applicant was the primary investigator, and the abstract submitted is the work of the applicant.
Applications may be submitted throughout the year.
Abstracts MUST be submitted electronically by midnight on Friday, March 5, 2010 to agt-info@goAMP.com in order to be considered for the 2010 Student Research Award. All entries received after March 5, 2010 will be considered for the 2011 Student Research Award.

CRITERIA:

A purpose for the experiment or investigation where the scientific merit or contribution is stated.
A hypothesis, which indicates scientific expectations of the investigation and should be appropriate for the purpose.
Scientific methods which are appropriate to the investigation, concise and organized.
Data resulting from the investigation/experiment should be concise, specific and organized.
The interpretation should be consistent with the data.
The conclusions should be consistent with the data and interpretation. They may be intertwined with the interpretation, should support or refute the hypothesis, and should include the need for further investigation or suggest how other variables may influence the results.
References should be used when appropriate. The institution name or any other identifying information should not be included in the abstract.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Abstracts must be submitted electronically. Microsoft Word documents (.doc) are preferred; however, formats compatible with Microsoft also will be accepted. If the AGT Executive Office is unable to open your document you will be asked to re-submit the document in a text format (.txt). Documents should be typed in Arial font, 12-point size. Submissions must be e-mailed as a file attachment to the AGT Executive Office at agt-info@goAMP.com. If you are submitting more than one abstract, you must submit each abstract in a separate e-mail. Facsimile and/or handwritten submissions are not accepted.

The entire abstract, including title, author(s) and test, must contain no more than 350 words. The title of the abstract should be typed in upper case letters. List all authors, underlining the author who is presenting. Skip one line, indent three spaces, and type the text of the abstract in one paragraph.

When you complete the abstract, skip five lines and type the following information:

Presenting author’s name, mailing address, telephone, fax and e-mail address
Indicate your presentation preference, i.e. poster only, platform only or either poster or platform
Identify the category into which your abstract fits best:

Cancer, Clinical, Prenatal, Other

List key words of paper (40 characters maximum)

It is important that you follow all instructions carefully. Abstracts submitted incorrectly will not be considered for presentation.

THE AWARD

The recipient will be notified in April 2010.
The winner will be awarded up to $1,500 in defined expenses to attend the 2010 AGT Annual Meeting.
The recipient will be invited to present his/her research in a 15-minute platform presentation.
All other participants will be invited to do a poster presentation.

The Association of Genetic Technologists
Student Research Award

APPLICATION FORM

Applicant Name__________________________AGT Membership No._____________

Genetic Program__________________________

__Certificate Student

__Undergraduate Student

Graduation Date (specify):__________________________

Abstract Title:_____________________________________

The completed application packet should include the following items:

__Completed application form

__Completed abstract submitted by e-mail to agt-info@goAMP.com as outlined under Eligibility above.

__Resume of the applicant

I hereby attest that all work on the project being submitted for the AGT Student Research Award was carried out prior to the applicant’s graduation from the above named cytogenetics or molecular program, that the student was the primary investigator for the work being presented, and that the submission was written by the student.

Applicant	(signature)	Date
Program Official	(print name and title)	Date

Completed application must be sent no later than February 1, 2010 to:
E-mail: info@fgt-info.org