Login
Join Today
Login
Join Today
Login
Join Today
Login
Join Today
Home
|
|
|
|
SIG Awards
Special Interest Group Awards

See which ACSM Interest Groups are offering awards at Annual Meeting.

Aging Interest Group

Award: Student and Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Awards 

Deadline: April 18, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. PDT

See Details

Youth Sport and Exercise Science Special Interest Group

Award: Travel Grants

Deadline: May 9, 2025

The Youth Sport and Exercise Science Special Interest Group is offering student travel grants this year! 

These travel grants will support up to 3 students ($500/each) to present research related to youth sport and exercise science at the 2025 Annual ACSM Meeting in Atlanta, GA.  

Please complete this form by May 9, 2025. 

We gratefully recognize Bodystat Limited as the sponsor of these student travel grants.  

Please feel free to share this opportunity with anyone you know who might have students presenting work in pediatrics at ACSM  this year. If they are not already part of the YSES SIG, we still encourage their application and look forward to welcoming them to the group! 

If you have any questions, please contact any of the co-chairs:  Megan Holmes, Jody Clasey, or Bethany Forseth.  

Divider line green, blue, black

2026 Annual Meeting Sponsors

Premier

Presenting

TechnoGym

Sustaining

NSCA
Parvo Medics

The above sponsorships do not support or influence annual meeting continuing education programming.

GSSI Pre-Conference

The Physiology of Hydration: More Than Water Alone

This session explores the physiology of hydration through an integrated lens—examining how carbohydrate, sodium, flavor, and fluid interact to influence intake, absorption, retention, and performance. We’ll review current research on fluid balance, osmotic drivers, and palatability, highlighting mechanisms that underpin voluntary intake and thermoregulation. Attendees will gain insight into individualized strategies, including sweat profiling and timing approaches, to optimize euhydration and mitigate performance decrements associated with >2% body-mass loss. Practical applications will be linked to laboratory- and field-based research, ensuring translation from bench to field. This pre-conference equips you with evidence-based tools to support athlete hydration across diverse environments and sporting contexts. 

Divider line green, blue, black
  • Session 1: Sweating the detail: New insights on hydration considerations for athlete performance
    • Lewis James, PhD, Associate Professor in Human Nutrition in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University
  • Session 2: Functional ingredients in fluid replacement beverages for athletes
    • Lindsay Baker, PhD, Director at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute
  • Session 3: The hydration toolkit: Practical approaches to athlete support
    • Floris Wardenaar, PhD, Associate Professor at the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University