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The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) Research Committee has three opportunities this year for trauma centers to compete for research awards based on completed research at this year’s PTSF Conference.

PTOS COMPLETED RESEARCH AWARD

Trauma center researchers awarded for best-completed research utilizing either the statewide PTOS database or institutional specific PTOS data will receive first, second or third place acknowledgement.

The PTSF Research committee will be responsible for pre-selecting 5 contestants who will present their research. A panel of judges will score the live presentations at the PTSF Fall Conference and give monetary awards to winners—first place award, $500, second place award $300 and third place award $200. Please note that abstracts submitted for the PaCOT Resident Trauma Paper Competition are not eligible for this research award.

For consideration for this award, researchers must:

1. Submit a research abstract that reflects research analysis completed and/or published from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. 
    
2. Clearly declare/acknowledge the use of PTOS data within the abstract.
    
3. If selected, present the research at the in-person PTSF Fall Conference LIVE on Thursday, October 19, 2023. 

PINA TEMPLETON INJURY PREVENTION AWARD

This $1,000 award will be given to any Pennsylvania researcher for best-completed injury prevention research or injury prevention program. This award is jointly sponsored by the American Trauma Society—PA Division and PTSF.

For consideration for the award, researchers must:

1. Submit a research abstract or injury prevention program summary by July 28, 2023 that reflects research completed and/or published or an injury prevention program active from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
   
   a.  Research abstracts must include Presenting Author, all authors and their organizational affiliations, Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusion
   
   b.  Injury Prevention Programs summaries should include Program Leaders names and organizational affiliations, who benefited from the program, program summary, and impact of program.
    
2. The PTSF Research Committee in addition to PTSF Board will select research/injury programs for presentation at the in-person PTSF Fall Conference on Thursday, October 19, 2023.

Please note that an abstract submitted for the PaCOT Resident Paper Competition is not eligible for this research award.

Note: Applicants not selected for the completed research and injury prevention competitions will be offered an opportunity to do a recording for the on-line POSTER SESSION.