Eligibility

1. The entrant must be a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists at the time of submission.  Entries submitted by a principal author who is not an ASA member cannot participate and will not be judged.
   Any co-entrant(s) may or may not be a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. 
   
   
2. The work reported should have been completed during residency or research fellowship training.  Research performed as a student may be considered.
   
   
3. Papers should be submitted during or within one year following completion of the training.
   
   
4. A previous entry or award does not preclude eligibility.
   
   

Submission of Entry

1. A letter signed by the entrant which states that the research and writing was predominantly done by the entrant must accompany the submission.  Only one submission will be accepted per entrant.
   
   
2. A letter from the Residency Program Director confirming eligibility for the entrant and, if applicable, co-entrant(s) must accompany the submission.
   
   
3. The original entry should follow the format (title, page, abstract, text, references) of the journal Anesthesiology (refer to “Guide for Authors” in the January edition of the Journal).  Collaborators and co-authors should be listed on the title page.  Figures need not be finished photographic prints but should reproduce legibly.  Entries which do not follow this suggested format will be returned.
   
   
4. A limit of 25 double-spaced pages (excluding letters of verification but including all figures, tables and references) will be enforced; manuscripts that exceed these page limits will not be reviewed.
   
   
5. Concurrent online submission of an abstract of the work for presentation as a regular scientific paper at the ASA meeting is required.  That submission should be prepared in accordance with the rules and deadlines for submission of regular ASA scientific abstracts, and submitted independently to the ASA Scientific Papers Committee.
   
   
6. The work should not have been presented, published, or submitted to any other national meeting, national residents’ essay contest or journal prior to this submission.  The essay can be presented to local residents’ essay contests (i.e, Midwest or Western Residents’ Essay Contest).
   
   
7. The original and 21 collated and stapled copies of the entry should be received in the office of the Chair and of the ASA Committee on Research, Paul R. Knight III, M.D., Ph.D., 245 Biomedical Research Building, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 by April 1, 2008.

The three prize essays will be presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Orlando, Florida.

October 18-22 - ASA Annual Meeting