Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Travel Award Supplement Grant

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation offers a Travel Award Supplement aimed at supporting Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. This funding of up to $3,000 enables trainees to participate in off-site workshops or training programs to enhance their research skills. Eligible applicants must be active researchers in CF projects, with a minimum of one year of experience. The program excludes conference attendance and for-profit entities, ensuring focused support for advancing cystic fibrosis research.

About the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to cure cystic fibrosis and to provide all people with CF the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the CF community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care. To achieve this mission, various types of grants and awards are offered to support meritorious research in CF.
Program and Award Overview
This travel award supplement is intended to support Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty participating in off-site training opportunities to learn new research skills and techniques to advance their research or to perform studies that cannot be performed at their host institution but are necessary to advance their research project. These opportunities may occur through hands-on workshops or exchange programs with other laboratories. Examples of hands-on workshops that may be supported through this funding mechanism include the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Courses (CSHL), and the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) sponsored hands-on trainings.
During residence at the training laboratory or training course, the trainees should become familiar with the proper use of the assay, technique, or model, and learn how to collect, analyze, and interpret data. For research techniques that are transferable, by the end of the training period, the awardee should be sufficiently trained in all aspects necessary to bring the technology/approach back to their institution and perform studies in their laboratory, including the ability to troubleshoot with minimal reliance on the host laboratory.
Funding Amount
The maximum award amount is $3,000. Applications requesting reimbursement beyond $3,000 may be considered with prior approval from the CFF Program Office and appropriate justification of charges.The project duration (project period) should be at least one (1) week; not to exceed one (1) year in duration.Support under this program is for travel/registration expenses only. The award will be paid to the Awardee Institution.

Eligibility

Applicants must be an active research scientist on a CF project (which may be in the form of a thesis/dissertation project or a funded fellowship or research grant) with at least one year of research experience at the Ph.D. student level.Applicants may be either U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. International applicants working in the U.S. must have the ability to obtain the appropriate visas, as applicable.International applicants and institutions are required to submit additional information in accordance with U.S. anti-terrorist restrictionsApplications to visit laboratories in the context of an existing long-term collaboration or involving previous exchanges of scientists have a low priority for funding.Awards are not transferable.Applicants must be from a non-profit or academic institution

Ineligibility

Applications to support participation in or attendance at scientific conferences will not be considered through this award mechanismFor-profit entities are not eligible to apply. Indirect costs are not allowable for this program.