MyRoad Abstract Award

The MyRoad Abstracts Award of the Canadian Nutrition Society is given for the highest ranked abstract in the fields of obesity, diabetes, and/or metabolic disease.

To be considered for this award, the applicant:

• must enter the competition at the time of abstract submission and must indicate on their form that they would like their abstract to be reviewed for the MyRoad Award along with the Nutrition Graduate Student and Trainee Award; 
• must be a graduate student, post-degree dietetic intern, or medical resident. Authors already holding a PhD degree are not eligible; 
• must be willing to present (oral or poster presentation) their work at the conference; 
• both the applicant and his/her supervisor must be  current members in good standing with the CNS at the time of submission to be eligible. .

A committee, appointed by the Awards co-Chairs, will make the selection for the recipient of the MyRoad Award.  The Award will be presented at the CNS Annual Conference. The award package consists of a monetary award, and a framed certificate or plaque. Please see the conference program for details on award presentations and lectures.