Clinical Sports Medicine Endowment

ACSM is pleased to announce that the Clinical Sports Medicine Endowment will fund an annual award of $5000 for research that is directly related to clinical sports medicine. This clinical research award is open to MDs, Dos, PTs, ATCs, and other medical professionals (ACSM members only) involved in the conduct of patient-based clinical research. The purpose of the award is to stimulate: 1. clinical research in sports medicine and 2. research in clinical sports medicine. Clinical research in sports medicine must be derived from active care of athletes, such as prevention strategies, treatment protocols, or treatment outcomes. Research in clinical sports medicine must be directly related to issues of active care of athletes, such as pathogenesis, pathophysiology, biomechanics, or environmental issues. The proposals must demonstrate the study???s direct relationship to one of these purposes. The active patient care must be provided to physically active recreational, competitive or elite athletes. It is anticipated that the completed research will be presented at a highlighted session at the ACSM Annual Meeting.