Published Research Award
Ray E. Clouse, MD
Ray Clouse Best Research Article in Functional
GI and Motility Disorders
The Rome Foundation will present a $500 prize to the first author of the best research article published in the field of Functional GI or Motility Disorders since the last Digestive Disease Week. This prize will be presented at the Rome Foundation Reception at DDW in 2013.
Eligible papers: Published papers on empirical research (i.e., reviews and meta-analyses are not eligible) related to functional GI or motility disorders, defined broadly, not excluding any category. Publication date for nominations would include May 2010 (DDW) to May 2011 (DDW) (including early online publication ahead of print). Articles submitted but not accepted or published are not eligible for nomination. Articles that are in press that will be published before DDW are eligible for nomination, but require correspondence from the journal with publication date.
Articles with Rome Foundation Board members as authors (first author or otherwise) will not be eligible. Current Rome Foundation Board members are Douglas Drossman, Fernando Azpiroz, Lin Chang, William Chey, John Kellow, Jan Tack, Nicholas Talley, Robin Spiller, W. Grant Thompson, and William Whitehead.
Nomination of papers: Nominations should include a short paragraph of why the paper is being nominated, and a .pdf file of the article. Nominations must be received by email to Michele Pickard () no later than March 1, 2013.