Travel Grants

ATTN: TRAVEL GRANT APPLICANTS: You must submit an abstract AND a travel grant application with each submitted abstract. You may submit more than one abstract, each with a travel grant application; however, each selected recipient will only receive one travel grant, even if multiple abstracts are accepted.

No grant will be awarded to any person if the award would be contrary to any United States law, including but not limited to trade embargoes administered by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Travel Grant Deadline

Travel Grant Applications (Residents/Fellows) | November 5, 2017

ASLMS Travel Grant

CRITERIA

• Grant Available: Up to $1,000 (U.S. funds) - varied number of grants per year
• Travel grants are available for medical students, residents, undergraduate students, interns, and fellows-in-training doing patient oriented research and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows currently involved full-time in biomedical laser research.
• A travel grant application must accompany a submitted abstract. You may submit multiple abstracts, each with a separate travel grant application.
• DEADLINE: Abstracts with applications submitted to the general session must be submitted by the INITIAL abstract deadline (see deadlines above).
• To be eligible, a submitted abstract must be accepted for oral presentation.
• Applicants will be notified via email of your abstract and grant status no later than January, proceeding the conference.

SELECTION

• Travel grant abstracts and applications will be reviewed by the ASLMS Award Review Sub-Committee based on scientific merit, accuracy of research, and originality.
• Those selected as travel grant recipients must complete their assigned oral presentation at the ASLMS Annual Conference.
• Recipients must also submit a manuscript of their research activities to the Editorial Office of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, to be considered for publication, by the next Annual Conference abstract deadline (October 1, following conference).

Peggy Nowell, RN Travel Grant

Criteria

• Grant Available: 1 grant up to $1,000 (U.S. Funds)
• Applicants must be either certified or degreed in the Nursing/Allied Health field OR working toward a degree in the field of Nursing/Allied Health.
• A travel grant application must accompany a submitted abstract. You may submit multiple abstracts, each with a separate travel grant application.
• DEADLINE: Abstracts with applications submitted to the general session must be submitted by the INITIAL abstract deadline (see deadlines above). 
• To be eligible, a submitted abstract must be accepted for oral presentation.
• You will be notified via email of your abstract and grant status no later than January, proceeding the conference.

Selection

• Peggy Nowell Grant recipient will be selected by the Nursing/Allied Health Division Representative.
• The selected recipient must complete their assigned oral presentation within the Nursing/Allied Health session at the ASLMS Annual Conference.
• The recipient must also submit a manuscript of their research activities to the Editorial Office of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine to be considered for publication in the journal by the next Annual Conference abstract deadline (October 1, following conference)

Submit a Travel Grant

(NOTE: Travel Grant Applications for 2018 will not be accepted until August 1, 2017 and must be accompanied by a submitted abstract.)