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Transplantation advances with Innovations in many disciplines, and the Rising Star Award is to recognize ASTS members who have made a significant, profound, or potentially transformative contribution to the discipline. 

Award Amount: The award recipient will receive: 

• $1,875 honorarium 
• hotel accommodations for three nights (room and tax only) 
• All-access registration to the Winter Symposium 

Eligibility:

• Eligible nominees must be 6 – 15 years post fellowship.
• At least 2 nominations per individual must be received in order for the nominee to be considered eligible. Individuals may not nominate themselves.

Submission Requirements:

• The nominators must provide a letter of support that specifically and explicitly addresses the awardee’s scholarly body of work and why it is of profound significance and/or of a transformative quality.
• The nominators will supply at least two examples of nominee’s papers, abstracts, or other evidence of the work.

Review Criteria

Up to 2 recipients will be selected. 

• Novelty: assessment of past accomplishments in the field of transplantation.
• Significance: assessment of past accomplishments in the field of transplantation.
• Overall Impact: assessment of the likelihood for the investigator and current area of research to exert a sustained, powerful influence on the research field involved. Impact score is an estimate of continued movement in the field based on current funding, potential for future funding, etc.