The Jim and Linda Pivarnik Women’s Health, Sport & Physical Activity Travel Award assists members with travel expenses to present their scholarly work focused on women’s health, sport and/or physical activity, including research focused on women, clinical care of women, or other work focused primarily on women, at the ACSM Annual Meeting.   

The award is offered through generous donations to the Women’s Health, Sport & Physical Activity Fund. Major donors to the fund include Larry Boot, Barbara Drinkwater, PhD, FACSM, and Linda and James Pivarnik, PhD, FACSM.   

Eligibility:  

• Applicants must be an ACSM national member in good standing before applying. ACSM chapter membership alone does not fulfill this requirement.   

• Open to graduate and medical students enrolled in full-time programs, fellows, and early career members within two years of receiving a postgraduate degree or completion of clinical training.  

• All genders are welcome to apply.  

• Applicants must be the first author and presenter of a poster or oral presentation accepted at the ACSM Annual Meeting.  

• Previous recipients of the Jim and Linda Pivarnik Women’s Health, Sport & Physical Activity Travel Award are not eligible to apply.  

 
Award Requirements:    

• Winners are required to attend the Josephine L. Rathbone & Barbara L. Drinkwater Named Lecture at the ACSM Annual Meeting. 

• Winners are encouraged to attend the ACSM Honors at the ACSM Annual Meeting. 

Please contact the ACSM Foundation with questions regarding this award.