Awards & Funding

ASTMH Travel Award
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Limited funding is available to support annual meeting travel of selected students and young investigators from developing countries and the United States. Travel award applicants participate in the meeting through oral or poster presentations and are evaluated based on abstract quality and research results. Applicants need not be ASTMH members.
The application deadline was April 1.  Notices will be sent in mid-to-late August.

Young Investigator Award
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ASTMH will present the Young Investigator Award to outstanding young researchers during the annual meeting. This award encourages developing young scientists to pursue careers in various aspects of tropical disease research. The application deadline was May 4.  Presentation guidelines will be sent to applicants in August.

American Committee of Medical Entomology (ACME) Travel Award
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An award of $300 US is available to support travel and accommodation costs for a graduate student attending the ASTMH Annual Meeting. Student registration costs for the annual meeting will be waived for the award winner. Applicants must present their research either orally or in poster format during the ASTMH meeting. The subject matter of the presentation should involve directly or indirectly arthropods of medical importance. The application deadline was May 11. Award notices will be sent in early August.

American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses (ACAV) Kelly Labell Student Travel Award
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Limited funding is available to support travel and accommodation costs for a graduate student attending the ASTMH Annual Meeting. Student registration costs for the annual meeting will be waived for the award winner. The award will be made to a graduate student who is conducting research on Eastern Equine Encephalitis or other mosquito-borne viral diseases. Applicants must present their research either orally or in poster format during the ASTMH meeting. The application deadline was May 11. Award notices have been sent.

Elsevier Clinical Research Award (formerly Elsevier Student Book Award)
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A Student Book Award is issued at the annual meeting by the ASTMH Clinical Group
(American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health – ACCTMTH) in conjunction with Elsevier. This award recognizes excellence in clinically oriented research presented by a student at the annual meeting.  The application deadline was July 15. Presentation guidelines will be sent to applicants in August.