2010 ASSR Mentor Awards Program

The ASSR is proud to announce the 2010 Mentor Award Program, designed to recognize original spine-related research performed by fellows, residents, junior faculty (less than 5 years post-fellowship), or medical students, who are mentored by a current ASSR Active member in good standing.  Abstracts submitted for the ASSR 2010 Mentor Award Program must be received by the ASSR 2010 Annual Symposium abstract submission deadline of November 13, 2009.

Members of the ASSR Mentor Committee will select up to five abstracts for presentation at the ASSR 2010 Annual Symposium.  Registration fees will be waived for the presenting first authors only.  The presenting first authors of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place presentations, as selected by the Mentor Award Committee, will also receive a post-Symposium cash award ($1,000, $750, $500, respectively) to help defray travel expenses.  The presenting first author of the 1st Place presentation will be invited to present their award-winning research at the American Society of Neuroradiology 48^th Annual Meeting and NER Foundation Symposium 2010, May 15-20, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts.   In addition, the award recipient will receive an additional post-ASNR Annual Meeting cash award of $1,500 to help defray ASNR meeting registration and travel expenses.