Championing Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology: The New Investigator Review Award.

After three full years shepherding the journal, our editorial team has debated how best to continue the broad focus and tradition of the journal and how to attract more authors. While our Impact Factor, submission rate and "time to first decision" have remained relatively stable, we recognize that just as the American Physiological Society is seeking to develop initiatives to reverse the trend of the greying of our membership, so must our journal seek to attract and encourage manuscripts from Early Stage Investigators.