American Society of Hematology

ASH Travel and Merit Awards

Each year, the American Society of Hematology offers need- and merit-based awards in the amount of $500 to select individuals in order to help defray annual meeting travel expenses. Travel Awards are intended for those trainees who are chosen to present an abstract at the ASH annual meeting and also demonstrate a need for financial assistance. Merit Awards are provided to abstract presenters with the highest scoring abstracts in the categories of undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, and post-doctoral fellow (MD or PhD). In addition to the $500 honorarium, Merit Award winners receive annual meeting travel reimbursement (coach airfare and two nights’ hotel accommodations).

Other rules for eligibility are included in the abstract submission form and in the online abstract submission program.

Application Process

Award applicants may review the rules for abstract submission and must check the appropriate box in the online abstract submission program in the area marked “Travel/Merit Award Applicants.” Travel Award applicants must also include with their abstract submission a letter from their Training Program Director requesting travel support and identifying need. Merit Awards are not based on financial need; therefore, no letter is required.

Deadline

The deadline to apply for an ASH Travel or Merit Award is the same as the abstract submission deadline (generally, this date is in early August). Accompanying letters from training program directors must also be received by the abstract submission deadline.

Notification

Travel and Merit Award applicants will be notified as to whether or not they will receive an award by late October. Winners will also be posted to the ASH Web site at that time. Individuals who have not received notification by November 1, may contact ASH headquarters for information regarding their award status.

Mary Rodes Gibson Memorial Award in Hemostasis and Thrombosis

The Mary Rodes Gibson Memorial Award in Hemostasis and Thrombosis is part of the ASH Merit Award program. This annual award shall be granted to a trainee (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellow) who is the first author and presenter of the highest-scoring abstract submitted in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. The recipient of the award shall receive a $5,000 grant and a $1,000 allowance for travel and expenses to the ASH annual meeting.

This award is made possible by the Mary Rodes Gibson Hemostasis-Thrombosis Foundation to continue the legacy of Mary Rodes Gibson who suffered from severe, type three von Willebrand’s disease.

How to Apply

As with the other Merit Awards, an individual is automatically considered for this award if one of the categories of eligibility boxes is checked in the area of the online abstract submission program regarding the “Travel/Merit Award Applicants.” This merit award is not based on financial need; therefore, no letter is required.

Merit Award Notification

Merit Award applicants will be notified as to whether or not they received an award by late October. Please contact ASH Headquarters if you have not heard about the status of your award by November 1.