ASH Travel and Merit Awards
Award
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.