Recognizing and Supporting Leaders and Visionaries in Pain
Each year, APS rewards excellence in the field of pain management, and promotes pain research by presenting awards and grants to people making a difference in pain medicine. Awards are given for career achievement, pain scholarship, education, public services, advocacy, and outstanding service to APS. Grants are awarded to investigators in different branches of pain research, whose projects will lead to new methods of pain management and add to the existing body of knowledge. Follow the links below for more information on specific awards and grants, and about past recipients and how to apply.
Congratulations to the 2019 APS Award Winners!
Distinguished Service Award Gary Walco, PhD ABPP |
Elizabeth Narcessian Award Jeff Mogil, PhD |
| Frederick W.L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award  Gavril Pasternak, MD PhD |
Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief  Rebecca Pillai Riddell, PhD CPsych |
| John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award  David Thomas, PhD |
John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award  Melanie Noel, PhD RPsych |
| Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award  Raymond Tait, PhD |
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Grants
The Rita Allen Foundation and APS Award in Pain Grant is awarded to two pain research proposals focused on the molecular biology of pain or basic science topics related to the development of new analgesics for the management of pain due to terminal illness.
The APS Future Leaders in Pain Research grants program funds the research projects of young investigators who have not yet attained NIH RO1 level funding.
Previous Award Programs
Clinical Centers of Excellence
The Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Award Program honors U.S.-based multidisciplinary healthcare teams who provide the most distinguished, comprehensive pain care. As of 2018, APS will no longer be administering the CCOE Award.
