Guidelines for Proposals

REQUIRED: Proposals must feature unique speakers who are not included in any other proposals (i.e., each speaker may only participate in one proposal).

REQUIRED: Each speaker should represent a different institution (this does NOT include the moderator).

Preference will be given to proposals that demonstrate speaker diversity in the following areas:

No more than 1 of 3 speakers has presented at the 2024 USASP conference in the last three years
Multiple disciplines (clinical, translational, and basic science) and/or includes people with lived experience with pain
Various career stages (early, mid, and senior)
Gender representation
Speaker(s) from institutions that qualify for REAP or AREA funding (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/R15-Eligibility-Decision-Tree.pdf)
Representation from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Representation from Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)

Applications typically have 3 speakers.

(if applicable) It is strongly recommended that the scientific content of the symposium be significantly different from that of a recent (last three years) USASP symposium in which one of the named speakers participated.

It is important that you justify any deviations from the above criteria in your application so that the SPC can judge your application more fairly.

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