YOUNG INVESTIGATORS COMPETITION

Fellows are invited to submit research abstracts in the YIA competition to be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. See eligibility requirements below. Abstracts will be submitted online only and must be received by May 11, 2023. No emailed abstracts will be accepted. 

Timing and Abstract Submission 
Abstracts may represent work in progress or may have been previously submitted for publication or presentation at a national meeting in 2023.  Further, abstracts submitted in this competition are not precluded from submission for future publication or presentation. The YIA competition is part of a regional meeting and, clearly, will not preclude the fellow from submitting the abstract in a future endeavor. Please note: a maximum of three submissions will be considered per first author. If more than three are submitted, only the first three submissions will be reviewed. Abstracts are to be submitted electronically via Oxford Abstracts by May 11, 2023. Paper and emailed copies will not be accepted.

Eligible Competitors 
All adult and pediatric cardiology fellows are eligible to enter the YIA competition who are enrolled in a training program in Florida, provided they have been a fellow since July 1, 2022 AND will still be a fellow in training at the time of the meeting. Medical Students are not eligible for these competitions and any submissions found to be made by medical students will be automatically disqualified. Only first authors, FITs, may present an abstract at the Oral Competition and be eligible to win any prizes. FITs are only eligible to be selected as a YIA Finalist one time during their fellowship training.

Abstract Review, Selection and Notification 
Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by a Chapter panel of cardiologists. Three finalists (FITs only) will be selected and they will be invited to the Chapter's annual meeting described above. In addition, selected abstracts will be chosen for an in-person poster gallery if possible. The finalists and poster presenters will be notified on or after June 5, 2023.

Presentation: Date, Time and Location 

The YIA Oral and FIT Poster Gallery will take place Saturday morning, August 5 at Disney's Grand Floridian Convention Center.

Prizes and Funding 
The 2023 top prize in the YIA Contest is planned to be travel expenses (airfare, hotel and small travel stipend) to Spain to attend (and possibly present research findings) the SEC's El Congreso de las Enfermedades Cardiovasculares to be held October 26 - October 28, 2023 in Malaga. Should the opportunity to showcase the winning work not be possible, the winner will receive a Visa gift card. Semi-finalists will each receive a Visa gift card.

Additional Considerations 
Fellows entering the YIA competition must have significantly participated in the research endeavor (to be confirmed by the fellowship program).