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Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Research Award
Opens Aug 1 2025 12:00 AM (EDT)
Deadline Nov 15 2025 05:00 PM (EST)
$1,000.00
Description

The purpose of this award is to introduce interested medical students to the greater interventional radiology community at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. The intent is to recognize the student author of an accepted abstract that best honors the spirit of inventiveness and scientific purity. Medical students at an accredited medical school who have demonstrated an interest in interventional radiology as a career and have participated in an original research project may apply.

The Annual Meeting Research Award Committee selects up to six recipients of this award each year.

Award:

The recipient will receive a $1,000 travel stipend and complimentary registration to SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.

Eligibility: 

1. Primary author must be a medical student at an accredited medical school and must present the abstract as an oral presentation at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.  (Abstract decisions may not have been communicated yet, but applying for this award by the deadline is highly encouraged).

2. Candidate does not need to be the principal investigator of the research project but must have had a meaningful role in the research. 

3. Research must be original and must have been conducted under the guidance of one or more SIR members, one of whom agrees to be present for the oral presentation. 

4. Recipients of the Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Research Award may be expected to participate in the SIR Foundation Grant Review at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. This includes submitting a one-page review of assigned grants prior to the Grant Review Study Section.

Please read the full guidelines before submission available at sirfoundation.org/cope_award

If you have any questions or concerns about the application or guidelines, please contact the SIR Foundation Grants Team

Applicants will be notified by early March of their award decisions.

Deadline to Apply: 5 pm EST on November 15

Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Research Award


The purpose of this award is to introduce interested medical students to the greater interventional radiology community at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. The intent is to recognize the student author of an accepted abstract that best honors the spirit of inventiveness and scientific purity. Medical students at an accredited medical school who have demonstrated an interest in interventional radiology as a career and have participated in an original research project may apply.

The Annual Meeting Research Award Committee selects up to six recipients of this award each year.

Award:

The recipient will receive a $1,000 travel stipend and complimentary registration to SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.

Eligibility: 

1. Primary author must be a medical student at an accredited medical school and must present the abstract as an oral presentation at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.  (Abstract decisions may not have been communicated yet, but applying for this award by the deadline is highly encouraged).

2. Candidate does not need to be the principal investigator of the research project but must have had a meaningful role in the research. 

3. Research must be original and must have been conducted under the guidance of one or more SIR members, one of whom agrees to be present for the oral presentation. 

4. Recipients of the Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Research Award may be expected to participate in the SIR Foundation Grant Review at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. This includes submitting a one-page review of assigned grants prior to the Grant Review Study Section.

Please read the full guidelines before submission available at sirfoundation.org/cope_award

If you have any questions or concerns about the application or guidelines, please contact the SIR Foundation Grants Team

Applicants will be notified by early March of their award decisions.

Deadline to Apply: 5 pm EST on November 15

Value

$1,000.00

Opens
Aug 1 2025 12:00 AM (EDT)
Deadline
Nov 15 2025 05:00 PM (EST)