Needs-Based Travel Awards help defray the costs of ASHG Annual Meeting participation for those who would not otherwise have the funds to attend. The ASHG Program Committee will select award recipients based on the quality of submitted abstracts.
Award Requirements
To be awarded a Needs-Based Travel Award, nominees must:
- Not otherwise have the funds to attend.
- Submit an abstract by May 18, 2026, and affirm your eligibility for the award in your abstract submission.
- Attend the in-person Annual Meeting the year the award is won.
Award Acceptance
- Requirements:
- Selected awardees must respond within 1 week of award notification that they accept the award and will attend ASHG 2026.
FAQs
Decisions will be announced in early July.
Due to long visa appointment wait times, we encourage authors to apply for visas upon submission of abstract.
Unfortunately, ASHG has limited funding for these awards. As a non-profit, the Society is thankful to be able to provide funding to some abstract authors, but so many applicants with abstracts of scientific merit make it a very challenging decision for the Program Committee. We hope that you can still attend the 2026 ASHG Annual Meeting.
ASHG has set aside rooms at the lowest rates for awardees. Awardees will receive further information on booking these rooms in their award notifications (rooms must be booked within a specified time period).
You are eligible to apply, however, priority is given to those applicants who have not received a Needs-Based Travel Award in the previous year.
If you are eligible and applied for both awards during the abstract submission process, you will be considered for each award separately. The Needs-Based Travel Award recipients and the Trainee Excellence Award recipients will be notified in early July.
A listing of this year’s recipients will be available in September.