Conrad Jobst Foundation Award Rules and Regulations

• John Stanley Coulter Lecturer Award
• The Edward Lowman Award
• The Distinguished Member Award
• Gold Key Award
• Elizabeth and Sidney Licht Award
• Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award
• Conrad Jobst Foundation Award

• Manuscripts must not exceed the stated word limit (exclusive of headings, references, legends for figures, tables, etc.).
  • 5,000 words (Jobst and ACRM Essay Contest) is about 16 double-spaced pages in Times New Roman
  • 3000 words (Baruch award) is about 10 double-spaced pages in Times New Roman
• An essay is defined as an analytic or interpretative composition, which may be dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view. Essays are not reports of primary (original) research; they go beyond literature reviews in that they argue for (or against) a thesis, in which pertinent literature is enlisted selectively and assessed critically to support one's point of view.
• It is strongly suggested that authors follow the guidelines for authors provided in the official journal of the ACRM, the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (hardcopy January and July issues, or online journal website) when writing and formatting their essays. Essays should have a title and an abstract, and should at a minimum have the following sections: Objective(s); Argument and supporting literature; Conclusions; References
• The manuscript must reflect original work and must not have been published or submitted for publication.
• Essays can have one author only.
• An original and four copies of the manuscript must be submitted no later than April 1 to the ACRM national office.
• An individual may win a particular essay award only once.
• Manuscripts will not be returned to authors. Therefore, it is important that authors keep a copy for their own records.
• The winners will be determined by the Awards Committee of the ACRM.
• Winners will be notified during the month of June with public notice of the award winners disseminated in conjunction with notification of the ACRM annual meeting (final program), and through announcements in Rehab Outlook and/or Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
• Winners will receive their check, plaque and/or certificate at the annual meeting, if they attend; otherwise, they will receive them in the mail after the annual meeting.
• The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine reserves the right to make no awards if, in the judgement of the Awards and Prizes Committee, no contributions are worthy of the awards.