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IMPORTANT: you must first sign in to see the link to apply.
The Robert F. Wagner All-Conference Best Student Paper Award (established 2014) is an acknowledgement of his many important contributions to SPIE Medical Imaging and his many important advances in the field of medical imaging. A first-place winner and runner-up are recognized with a cash prize ($1,000 and $500 respectively) and a certificate during the plenary session at the meeting.
To be eligible for the Robert F. Wagner All-Conference Best Student Paper Award, you must:
- be a student without a doctoral degree (undergraduate, graduate, or PhD student)
- submit your abstract to any SPIE Medical Imaging conference online, and select “Yes” when asked if you are a full-time student, and select yourself as the speaker
- be listed as the speaker on an accepted paper within SPIE Medical Imaging
- have conducted the majority of the work to be presented
- submit an application for this award with preliminary version of your manuscript for judging by 29 November 2024
- submit the final version of your manuscript through your SPIE.org account by 29 January 2025
- request a PDF recommendation/confirmation from your advisor in Step 2 of the application process. Your advisor must complete their submission via the application system by 29 November 2024
- present your paper as scheduled.
Nomination and recognition
A final pool of applications will be selected by the review committee. Robert F. Wagner Award finalists are recognized with certificates in their respective conference morning keynote session. All submitted papers will be eligible for the awards if they meet the above criteria. Award winners will be recognized at the SPIE Medical Imaging plenary session.
TO APPLY
Due Date is 29 November 2024 (11:59 PM PST).
Complete application (you must log in on this page to see the link to apply; use your spie.org account credentials)
Your advisor must submit a recommendation letter PDF stating that the principal contribution to the work described was made by you as the student. You will request this PDF upload from your advisor during the application process. To ensure your advisor has sufficient time to do this, please start your application and request the recommendation letter well in advance of the application due date. YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO MARK THIS APPLICATION AS COMPLETE UNTIL YOUR ADVISOR SUBMITS THE LETTER
This application also requires upload of the preliminary version of your manuscript (for award judging purposes only) Your manuscript must be formatted according to the SPIE manuscript submission guidelines.
IMPORTANT
submission of your manuscript through this award application is preliminary and only for award judging purposes. This manuscript will not be included for publication in the Proceedings of SPIE unless you also submit it through your spie.org account. All applicants are required to submit the final version of their manuscript for publication in the SPIE Medical Imaging proceedings via the SPIE Submission System before the manuscript due date of 29 January 2025.
REVIEW PROCESS
Applications and submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by a Selection Committee.
Applicants will be notified of the results by the end of January 2025.
Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered.
Questions?
Contact Matthew Novak at mattn@spie.org
**IMPORTANT**
Sign in with your SPIE username and password to access the application. If you have forgotten your account information open this link and click "Forgot Username" and/or "Forgot Password"; if you do not have an SPIE account, click "Create Account." Then return to the award application and sign in. Contact help@spie.org with account questions.
SPIE is incorporated in the state of California, USA, and abides by U.S. laws that may restrict cash awards to residents of some countries. To qualify for an award, students and institutions must be eligible to receive funds under U.S. federal guidelines.
SPIE Medical Imaging 2025: Robert F. Wagner All-Conference Best Student Paper Award
Award sponsored by:
IMPORTANT: you must first sign in to see the link to apply.
The Robert F. Wagner All-Conference Best Student Paper Award (established 2014) is an acknowledgement of his many important contributions to SPIE Medical Imaging and his many important advances in the field of medical imaging. A first-place winner and runner-up are recognized with a cash prize ($1,000 and $500 respectively) and a certificate during the plenary session at the meeting.
To be eligible for the Robert F. Wagner All-Conference Best Student Paper Award, you must:
- be a student without a doctoral degree (undergraduate, graduate, or PhD student)
- submit your abstract to any SPIE Medical Imaging conference online, and select “Yes” when asked if you are a full-time student, and select yourself as the speaker
- be listed as the speaker on an accepted paper within SPIE Medical Imaging
- have conducted the majority of the work to be presented
- submit an application for this award with preliminary version of your manuscript for judging by 29 November 2024
- submit the final version of your manuscript through your SPIE.org account by 29 January 2025
- request a PDF recommendation/confirmation from your advisor in Step 2 of the application process. Your advisor must complete their submission via the application system by 29 November 2024
- present your paper as scheduled.
Nomination and recognition
A final pool of applications will be selected by the review committee. Robert F. Wagner Award finalists are recognized with certificates in their respective conference morning keynote session. All submitted papers will be eligible for the awards if they meet the above criteria. Award winners will be recognized at the SPIE Medical Imaging plenary session.
TO APPLY
Due Date is 29 November 2024 (11:59 PM PST).
Complete application (you must log in on this page to see the link to apply; use your spie.org account credentials)
Your advisor must submit a recommendation letter PDF stating that the principal contribution to the work described was made by you as the student. You will request this PDF upload from your advisor during the application process. To ensure your advisor has sufficient time to do this, please start your application and request the recommendation letter well in advance of the application due date. YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO MARK THIS APPLICATION AS COMPLETE UNTIL YOUR ADVISOR SUBMITS THE LETTER
This application also requires upload of the preliminary version of your manuscript (for award judging purposes only) Your manuscript must be formatted according to the SPIE manuscript submission guidelines.
IMPORTANT
submission of your manuscript through this award application is preliminary and only for award judging purposes. This manuscript will not be included for publication in the Proceedings of SPIE unless you also submit it through your spie.org account. All applicants are required to submit the final version of their manuscript for publication in the SPIE Medical Imaging proceedings via the SPIE Submission System before the manuscript due date of 29 January 2025.
REVIEW PROCESS
Applications and submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by a Selection Committee.
Applicants will be notified of the results by the end of January 2025.
Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered.
Questions?
Contact Matthew Novak at mattn@spie.org
**IMPORTANT**
Sign in with your SPIE username and password to access the application. If you have forgotten your account information open this link and click "Forgot Username" and/or "Forgot Password"; if you do not have an SPIE account, click "Create Account." Then return to the award application and sign in. Contact help@spie.org with account questions.
SPIE is incorporated in the state of California, USA, and abides by U.S. laws that may restrict cash awards to residents of some countries. To qualify for an award, students and institutions must be eligible to receive funds under U.S. federal guidelines.