Trainee Research Award
Q: What is the Trainee Research Award?
A: ASH will provide an award of $4,000 for research support for a research project and $1,000 for travel to the Society’s annual meeting.
Q: Who is eligible?
A: The program is open to undergraduates, medical students, and residents. Fellows are ineligible for this award.
Q: When is the application deadline?
A: Applications are due March 16, 2009.
Q: Are indirect costs allowed?
A: Indirect costs are not allowed for any ASH Trainee Research Award.
Benefits of Participation
Trainees will be exposed to hematology research early in their career and hopefully be encouraged to continue research as part of their future training.
Trainee Research Award Recipients 1995 - 2008
The Trainee Research Award program is open to medical students, residents, and selected undergraduates only. The program is open only to institutions in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
Mentors may be the hematology course director, the hematology fellowship training program director or an individual who will assume the responsibilities of overseeing the student’s work and progress. The mentor must be an ASH member. For the purposes of this application a hematology fellowship program refers to adult hematology, adult hem/oncology, pediatric hematology/oncology, hematopathology, blood banking/transfusion medicine fellowship training program.
Either laboratory research or clinical investigation is appropriate. Applicants are invited to be creative in developing opportunities for trainees that will favorably introduce them to the discipline of hematology.
ASH will provide awards of $4,000 for research support for a hematology relevant research project of approximately three months of duration and $1,000 for travel to the Society’s annual meeting. Travel costs over and above the $1,000 may be reimbursed from the research support award, at the discretion of the supervisor of training.
Awards will be assigned to the research mentor and are intended to defer the cost of the research project. Funds can be used to provide the trainee a stipend for the purposes of conducting the research. Research funds are paid directly to the participating institution of the mentor, not to the students.
Below are the dates for the 2009 application process.
| Applications are due: | March 16, 2009 |
| Review of applications by: | April 15, 2009 |
| Notification of awards by: | May 15, 2009 |
| Documentation of progress due: | November 15, 2009 |
A selection committee will be responsible for review and comment of applications meeting eligibility requirements.
ASH offers travel awards to recipients of the Trainee Research Award to attend the ASH annual meeting. The travel awards are for $1,000 and will be made payable to the trainee. The travel award is intended to reimburse the recipient for costs associated with attending the ASH annual meeting (i.e., – flight, hotel, and meeting registration). Travel awards will only be issued to those attending the annual meeting. Travel award checks must be picked up on site at the annual meeting. Checks that are not picked up on site at the annual meeting will not be mailed to trainees.
Evaluation
All participating trainees are required to submit a final summary of their work at the end of their research. The final summary is due within one month of completing the project. If a student needs additional time, mentors must submit a request in writing. All trainees will be required to submit documentation of progress, no later than November 15, 2009.
Trainees may not send ASH annual meeting abstract submissions as their final summary. Guidelines for the final summary should be strictly adhered to.
ASH expects the mentors, the fellowship training program directors and the hematology course directors to document the career paths of participating students. ASH has set up a database to track mentors and mentees who will be contacted yearly for an update on each trainee who has gone through the program for a period of three years. Because tracking of trainees is difficult as time passes, ASH will also attempt to contact trainees directly, using e-mail addresses as recorded in the tracking database. ASH will use this information as one measure of success of the program.
If you have any questions or require any additional information regarding the ASH Trainee Research Award, please contact Joe Basso, Training Manager, at 202-776-0544.