Submission Instructions:

To submit your application, click the "Apply" button on this page. You will need to log in to your Submittable account to proceed. 

If you do not have a Submittable account, please create one using your SRAlab/NU email address and a password.

Eligibility Criteria for Submission:

· The manuscript should be of publishable quality, but not necessarily published.  Literature reviews and case reports are acceptable.

· The manuscript should be less than 5000 words of text in length, excluding Abstract, Tables, Figures, and References. 

· A manuscript that has been accepted for publication or one that has been published during this past year (since April 1, 2025) is eligible for submission.  However, the first version of the original manuscript submitted to the journal prior to reviewer comments is the version that should be submitted for this competition.

· The primary author is an SRAlab employee at the time of submission OR Northwestern Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate Student, Resident or Fellow doing work at SRAlab.

· The work was conducted at SRAlab or at NU.

The quality of the manuscript will be judged based on:

· Background literature and rationale

· Soundness of research design OR Significance of case report

· Innovation/Originality

· Impact

· Writing quality

If you have questions about the submission process, please contact Melissa Briody (mbriody@sralab.org).