asm2012 Student Travel Grants

ASM offers two types of student travel grants associated with abstract presentations. Applications for the ASM Student Travel Grant and the Richard and Mary Finkelstein Travel Grant must be submitted during the abstract submissions process.

For complete details on eligibility requirements and selection criteria, please click here.

Minority Travel Grant

In an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented minority (URM) groups in microbiology related fields, ASM will offer American General Meeting Minority Travel Grants to help defray expenses associated with travel to asm2012. Postdoctoral scholars, faculty from URM groups, and faculty from Minority Serving Institutions and Community Colleges who have demonstrated their interest in mentoring URM trainees in the microbiological sciences will be eligible to receive up to $2,000. Funding for this program is pending.

For complete details on eligibility requirements, selection criteria, and to download the application form, please visit www.asm.org/asmgmminoritytravelgrant.

International Exchange Programs and Grants

These programs are designed to benefit scientists in the US and abroad by giving them the opportunity to present their work overseas and experience the best of microbiology. The international recipients of these grants will be presenting their work at the asm2012.

Heatley-Payne Exchange Program for Early Career Scientists

Funded jointly by ASM and the United Kingdom’s Society for General Microbiology, this grant allows for the exchange of one member from each society to present an abstract at the annual General Meeting of the other society and to spend 1–3 weeks at a nearby research laboratory.

www.asm.org/international/heatley-payne

Millis-Colwell Exchange Program for Early Career Scientists

Funded jointly by ASM and the Australian Society for Microbiology, this grant enables one member from each society to present an abstract at the annual General Meeting of the other society and to spend a week at a nearby research laboratory.

www.asm.org/international/millis-colwell

Carlyn Halde Latin American Student Travel Grant

This travel grant, administered in collaboration with the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas, supports the travel of a student medical microbiologist from Latin America, Puerto Rico or the Caribbean to present an abstract and participate in the annual General Meeting.

www.asm.org/international/halde

To learn more about the International Exchange Programs and Grants for asm2012 visit www.asm.org/international/grants.