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 (at the Vascular Biology meeting) or the MCS Pre-Meeting at the American Physiology Summit. Applicants must have submitted a first-author abstract. For 2023, 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 submit a first author abstract to the Vascular Biology meeting or the American Physiology Summit.
• For the Fall Award (Vascular Biology), you must indicate on the abstract submission form that you want to be considered for a MCS Trainee Travel Award and complete the necessary questions including uploading your CV.
• For the Spring Award (American Physiology Summit), an award appliation must be submitted on this website (link will be provided below) that includes a single PDF containing your abstract and your CV.
• Direct questions to the Chair of the Awards Committee: Dr. Josh Butcher (awards@microcirc.org)
   

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

Benjamin W. Zweifach
(1911-1997)