Awards

To encourage the participation of young scientists in training, a cash prize and certificate will be granted to trainees for best abstract submission.

Award applicants will be judged prior to and during the conference. Awardees will be announced during the final session on Friday, June 24, where they will receive recognition from the conference organizers. The certificate and cash award will follow after the conference.

To be considered for an award the candidate must:

• be a postdoctoral fellow within five years of receiving their postdoctoral degree or a graduate student,
• submit an abstract for the conference via the online abstract submission site,
• be the first author on the abstract,
• be the presenting author, and
• indicate during the abstract submission process you would like to be considered for the Abstract-based Trainee Travel Award. It is not necessary to complete an additional application.

Submission deadline: EXTENDED to Friday, April 22, 2022

Questions?

Please contact the APS Office of Scientific Meetings for more information.

APS offers travel awards for those who traditionally have been underrepresented in science to attend the 2022 ITL.

The Martin Frank Diversity Travel Awards—formerly known as the APS Minority Travel Fellowship Awards—are designed to increase active participation in and networking at APS scientific conferences among trainees and early-career faculty from groups underrepresented in the physiological sciences. Porter Physiology Development Fellows are highly encouraged to apply.

To be considered for an award the candidate must:

• be a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow or early-career faculty—recently transitioned/within five years of obtaining a PhD—from underrepresented racial or ethnic backgrounds and/or with disabilities. See National Institutes of Health guidelines for these categories,
• attend a U.S. institution and conduct research within the 50 states or U.S. territories,
• submit an abstract for the conference via the online abstract submission site,
• be the first author on the abstract,
• be the presenting author,
• indicate during the abstract submission process you would like to be considered for the Martin Frank Diversity Travel Awards, and
• complete a separate award application through the APS awards portal. A link will be provided in the submission site after you have finalized and submitted your abstract.

Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

Awardees will receive registration reimbursement to attend the conference.

Submission deadline: EXTENDED to Friday, April 22, 2022

Applications are only accepted via online submission.

Questions?

Please visit our website or contact the Member Communities Department for more information.

The APS Dependent Support Travel Award is a reimbursable allowance of up to $500 for the 2022 ITL. Funds may not be used for ongoing dependent care expenses or the costs associated with transporting dependents to the meeting. All awardees must have a receipt for reimbursement request.

Eligibility

• Must be an APS member in good standing at the time of application (international members are eligible).
• Applicant must submit an abstract as first/senior author to APS by the abstract submission deadline (abstract ID number is required) via the online abstract submission site.
• Only one APS Dependent Support Travel Award may be awarded per family.
• Priority will be given to trainees and early-career scientists (must not be above the rank of assistant professor or equivalent in government, industry or medicine).
• Applicant must be a primary caregiver.
• Indicate during the abstract submission process you would like to be considered for the Dependent Support Travel Award.
• 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, and
• estimated cost.

Eligible Funding Scenarios

• Dependent(s) care provider travels to meeting location to care for dependent.
• Dependents travel to caregiver outside of home community.
• Care provider travels to applicant’s home.
• Additional hours at applicant’s home for care provider.

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 the meeting location, and
• any of the attendee’s expenses.

Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

Applications are only accepted via online submission.

Application deadline: EXTENDED to Friday, April 22, 2022.

Questions:

For more information regarding the APS Dependent Support Travel Award, please visit our website or contact the APS Member Communities Department.