Student Resources

ACSM is dedicated to the development of students through their academic careers and into their professional roles. Here you will find resources created specifically for student members.

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Exercise, Sport, and Movement Student APC Assistance Fund

The ESM editors recognize that the cost of publishing open access (the article processing charge, or APC) is often a burden for authors. To help address this burden, the ESM editors are proud to announce the launch of the ESM Student APC Assistance Fund on July 1, 2025.

Provides APC assistance for student-led papers accepted in ESM

Provides $1000 toward APC for qualifying papers

Can be used in addition to 20% APC discount for ACSM members who are corresponding authors on ESM accepted papers

To qualify, a student must be the first author on the paper

Student status is determined based on ACSM student membership criteria (students do not have to be ACSM members to be eligible)

Only available on the following article types: Original Investigation, Registered Report (stage 1), Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, and Graphical Review

Not available on papers with corresponding authors from low- and middle-income countries (based on Research4Life eligibility criteria) who automatically receive full (100%) and partial (50%) APC waivers, respectively

Only the first 10 qualifying accepted papers each year apply. No additional application is necessary.

ExSci Careers Explored Series

Biomechanics Careers Demystified, an ExSci Careers Explored Webinar   

Thomas W. Kernozek, PhD, FACSM
Luke Pelton, PhD, ACSM-EP, CSCS

Write Grants That Win

Dr. Monica Hubal
Dr. Steven Malin

Identifying Careers in Sport Nutrition

Margaret Hughes
Nancy Clark, MS RD CSSD

Identifying Physician Jobs

Richard Ma, MD, PhD Candidate
Robert H. Lutz, MD, COL(ret) USA

Exploring Clinical Exercise Physiology Jobs

Sandy Knecht, MS, RCEP
Sadie Engelken, MS, ACSM-CEP, CCES

Identifying Sports Performance Jobs

Khalil Lee, Associate Principal Scientist, Gatorade Sports Science Institute Lab
Stacy Gnacinski, Associate Professor at Duke University, Certified Mental Performance Consultant

Identifying Industry Jobs

Lauren Friman, Biomechanist at Plantiga
Monique Budd, Director of Physical Activity at Optum
William Adams, Associate Director of Sports Medicine Research at United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Ed Nyman, Senior Manager, Run Research, Brooks Running