If there are multiple authors, the cash prize will be split equally. The winners and their faculty advisors will be invited by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to attend the ceremony at government expense. Publication of papers is encouraged, and permission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is not required. Each participating association listed below is a member of the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions. The school must be a member of the appropriate association for students to be eligible to participate in the competition.
Interdisciplinary entries require faculty signatures from each discipline represented.