Dependent Support Travel Award

Award Description

The APS Dependent Support Travel Award provides a reimbursable allowance of up to $500 to help offset dependent care expenses related to attending the American Physiology Summit or other APS conferences. Funds cannot be used for ongoing dependent care costs or for transporting dependents to the meeting. Awardees must submit valid receipts for reimbursement. The award cannot be deferred and is contingent upon available funding.  Four eligible funding scenarios are listed below.   

Eligibility

Applicant must:

• Be an APS member in good standing.  
• Submit an abstract as first/senior author to the Summit.  
• Be a primary care-giver.

Only one Dependent Support Travel Award will be awarded per family. Priority is given to trainees and early-career scientists who are not above the rank of assistant professor or a position equivalent in government, industry or medicine. Submissions to late-breaking abstracts do not apply. 

Criteria

Applications will be scored based on a one-page summary describing how this travel award will be of benefit. Please include: 

• The number of dependents.
• Number of hours needed.
• Type of funding scenario support requested. 
• Estimated cost.

Eligible Funding Scenarios

Dependent(s) care provider travels to meeting location to care for dependent.

If it is not practical for a dependent to remain at home, travel award funds may be used to cover the travel costs associated of a family member or other caregiver who travels to the meeting location to provide care while the primary caregiver attends the event. Eligible expenses include one economy-class airfare or train fare, airport or station transfers, airport or station parking, mileage to and from the airport or station, on-site housing if the caregiver is housed in a separate room from the applicant. 

Dependents travel to caregiver outside of home community.

If the dependent(s) will be cared for by a relative or caregiver who lives outside the attendee’s community, travel award funds may be used to offset the costs of transporting the dependent(s) to the caregiver’s home. Eligible expenses include economy-class airfare or train fare for the dependent, unaccompanied minor travel fees (where applicable), and airport or station transfers.

Care provider travels to applicant’s home.

If the applicant must arrange for a caregiver to travel to their home to care for dependent(s) while attending the meeting, travel award funds may be used to cover travel expenses for one caregiver traveling from their home to the applicant’s home. Eligible expenses include economy-class airfare or train fare, airport or station transfers, parking at caregiver’s airport or station or mileage and parking if driving to applicant’s home. 

Additional hours at applicant’s home for Care provider.

If the applicant must arrange for a caregiver to spend additional hours at their home to care for dependent(s) during the meeting, travel award funds may be used for to cover the hourly costs of extended dependent care (e.g., additional hours of a babysitter or nanny).

Funding may NOT be applied to the following:

• Ongoing dependent care an attendee would normally incur (e.g., daycare, before-after school care).
• Costs of dependent(s) travel to or from the meeting location.
• Any of the attendee’s expenses.
• Rental car fees.

Applications are only accepted via online submission.