Society for clinical trials contest announcement

[Rick Chappell <chappell@Biostat.Wisc.Edu>]

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STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS / INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL BIOSTATISTICS
JOINT MEETING
JULY 6 - 10, 1997
BOSTON, MA


The Society for Clinical Trials Student Scholarship Program was established 
to stimulate student involvement in the Society.  Because the 1997
meeting will be held jointly with the International Society for Clinical
Biostatistics, the contest will be sponsored by both societies.  Students are
invited to submit abstracts, along with a short manuscript (not to exceed three
pages). To be eligible, the presentation should concern clinical trial -
related issues.


ELIGIBILITY

All students enrolled in a degree program of an accredited college or 
university, post-doctoral fellows, or physicians enrolled in an accredited 
residency program.  The manuscript must relate to original work that has not 
yet been published.  Student eligibility will be assessed by the committee 
at the time of submission.


TOPIC

The presentation can describe a completed study, one in progress, or a 
proposal for carrying out a clinical trial.  Sample topics include (but are 
not limited to):

Design or analysis of a specific trial or class of trials.

Review of results or methods of a class of trials.

Medical, legal or ethical issues related to clinical trials.

Data entry, management, and computing as applied to clinical trials.


PRESENTATION

A session at the Joint Meeting will be set aside for Student 
Scholarship paper presentations followed by discussion.


SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Manuscript should be no more than three double-spaced pages.

Abstracts should be submitted on an official form obtained from the Society 
for Clinical Trials Business Office and should conform to the rules it states.

Seven (7) copies of both abstract and short manuscript should be submitted.

A letter from the student's faculty advisor stating that he/she is a bona 
fide student and briefly describing the student's course of study should 
accompany the submission.  If the manuscript is coauthored, this letter 
should also include an indication of the level of involvement of the various 
authors.

The deadline for student submissions is JANUARY 15, 1997.


REVIEW

Selections are made by the Student Scholarship Committee and are final.

Between three and five students are expected to be named as presenters.

Winners will be notified by March 1.  They are required to provide 
Scholarship Committee members with a copy of the complete paper to be 
presented at the Annual Meeting by May 15, 1997.  This paper will be used 
by the Committee for post-presentation discussion.


AWARDS

Those students selected to present papers will be invited to the meeting 
with all fees waived and travel and living expenses paid, subject to a
negotiable $1750 US limit and the guidelines provided by the Society
Business Office.

The student judged to have the best paper will receive the Thomas C. 
Chalmers Student Scholarship prize and a $500 cash award.



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Secretariat                               Rick Chappell, Ph.D.
Society for Clinical Trials, Inc.         University of Wisconsin - Madison
600 Wyndhurst Avenue                      Department of Biostatistics
Baltimore, Maryland 21210                 600 Highland Ave., K6/430
                                          Madison, WI  53792  USA
                                          e-mail address: chappell@stat.wisc.edu
                                          FAX (608) 263-1059