The Stowell-Orbison Awards
The Stowell-Orbison Awards are for trainees who are currently residents or fellows in pathology. The USCAP offers up to four awards of $500, to pathologists-in-training who present the best research work through the medium of a poster presentation. In addition to these cash awards, a limited number of certificates of merit may also be presented. Applicants can submit only one abstract per author, and the first author must be a pathologist-in-training who had a major role in the study. Posters for this competition will be judged by members of the USCAP Stowell-Orbison Awards Committee based on originality, impact, design, presentation, and trainee input.
Stowell-Orbison Awards: 2023 Award Winners
The Surgical And Autopsy Pathology Awards
The Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology (ADASP) and the USCAP co-sponsor two additional awards of $500 each to pathologists-in-training for the best posters on a morphology-based surgical pathology study and on autopsy material, respectively, presented as part of the Stowell- Orbison competition. Applicants may win either of these awards alone, or they may win them in addition to a Stowell-Orbison Award. Eligibility is the same as for the Stowell-Orbison abstracts. Applicants can submit only one abstract per author, and the first author must be a pathologist-in-training who had a major role in the study. Posters for this competition will be judged by a panel of members of the ADASP.
Autopsy & Surgical Pathology Awards: 2023 Award Winners
Only one abstract per person is eligible for this competition. In order to qualify, the potential awardee must have had a major role in the development of the studies leading to the abstract and must be listed as the first author. The abstract must be original and not previously published or presented, nor currently accepted for publication or presentation at another meeting prior to the USCAP Annual Meeting.
An application form for these awards is available through the electronic abstract submission program. In order to be entered into the competition for these awards the online form must be completed and a supporting document from the department chairman or program director verifying training status must be uploaded. No abstract can be entered in the competition unless this online form has been completed prior to the closing of abstract submissions on Tuesday, October 3, 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time/11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
Abstracts that are submitted for this competition, but not accepted, will automatically be considered for acceptance as regular abstracts according to subspecialty.
Abstracts accepted for both of these competitions will be presented as posters on Monday, March 25, 2024 at the USCAP Annual Meeting. The pathologist-in training (first author) must be at their posters between 9:30 – 11:00 AM on Monday, March 25, 2024 to be considered for this award. The winners will be contacted by email and the names will be posted on video monitors.
NEW IN 2024: Authors can submit for Either Poster or Platform. Abstracts accepted into the Stowell-Orbison Awards and/or the Surgical and Autopsy Pathology Awards session that were submitted as Either Poster or Platform will also be considered for a platform presentation. This will mean some abstracts will have both a poster and platform presentation. USCAP only accepts ONE abstract per person for consideration. The first author must be a pathologist-in-training who had a major role in the study.