Named in honor of Founding Society Member, two-time President, and pioneer of the field of microcirculation and bioengineering, who combined engineering principles with medicine to describe the mechanical properties of the microvasculature, tissue-specific vascular anatomies, microvessel fluid dynamics, lymphatics, and their application to human disease.

These awards are given annually to up to ten exceptional scientists-in-training to encourage their participation in the annual meeting of the Microcirculatory Society (part of annual Experimental Biology meeting). Applicants must have submitted a first author abstract to one of the Microcirculatory Society topic categories at Experimental Biology (1040-APS through 1054-APS). For 2022, the awards will consist of a certificate and a check for $500 to help defray the costs of attending the meeting.

Criteria:

• must be graduate student
• must be MCS student member
• must complete the application form (click here)
• submit a copy of submitted abstract and a letter of support from your supervisor to:
  Dr. Phoebe Stapleton,
  Chair of the Awards Committee

Previous recipients are eligible to reapply. Recipients are not eligible to receive the award in consecutive years.

Benjamin W. Zweifach
(1911-1997)