How much funding does Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award Grant provide?

Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award Grant provides US $800 in funding.

When is the deadline for Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award Grant

Q: Who is eligible for Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award Grant?

Eligible applicants: Must be full-time doctoral students researching protein metabolism, nutrition, and exercise interventions.

American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Incorporated

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Funding Amount

US $800

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

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Eligible organizations

Must be full-time doctoral students researching protein metabolism, nutrition, and exercise interventions
Open to doctoral students enrolled in full-time programs and conducting research in human subjects focused on protein metabolism, altitude and nutrition, energy balance, nutrition, and exercise interventions to improve metabolic health, and/or nutrition and the female athlete.

Other requirements

Applicants must be the presenter of an abstract accepted at the ACSM Annual Meeting.
You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.
Applicants must be an ACSM national member in good standing before applying.
ACSM chapter membership alone does not fulfill this requirement.

Not eligible / not funded

Not eligible: Previous awardees are ineligible, ensuring new talent receives this prestigious opportunity.
Not eligible: Previous recipients of the Gail E.
Not eligible: Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award are not eligible to apply.

Overview

The Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award supports doctoral students presenting nutrition research at the ACSM Annual Meeting. This award honors Dr. Gail E. Butterfield, a key figure in sports medicine, by assisting one U.S. and one international student with travel expenses. Eligible applicants must be full-time doctoral students researching protein metabolism, nutrition, and exercise interventions. Previous awardees are ineligible, ensuring new talent receives this prestigious opportunity.

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Travel and Research Awards
Students and professionals who meet eligibility criteria are welcome to apply for any of our prestigious research and travel awards.
Established in memory of Gail E. Butterfield, Ph.D., R.D., FACSM, this award assists doctoral students (one U.S. student and one international student) with travel expenses to present their nutrition research at the ACSM Annual Meeting.
Dr. Butterfield was a valued member of ACSM, serving as a founding member of the Nutrition Special Interest Group, an active member of five committees (pronouncements, program, awards and tributes, liaisons ad hoc, and public information), and as a trustee of ACSM. She held faculty and research positions at the University of California – Berkeley, Stanford University, and the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital.

Eligibility

Open to doctoral students enrolled in full-time programs and conducting research in human subjects focused on protein metabolism, altitude and nutrition, energy balance, nutrition, and exercise interventions to improve metabolic health, and/or nutrition and the female athlete. Applicants must be the presenter of an abstract accepted at the ACSM Annual Meeting.
You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Applicants must be an ACSM national member in good standing before applying. ACSM chapter membership alone does not fulfill this requirement.

Ineligibility

Previous recipients of the Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award are not eligible to apply.

What American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Incorporated actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024

Grants in 2024: 4
Total given: $37K
Median grant: $10K
Range: $7,000–$10K

By dollars: Texas 27%, Virginia 27%, Maryland 27%. Top recipient cities: Houston, TX; Charlottesville, VA; College Park, MD.

Example grants

University of Houston · Houston, TX

Research

$10K
Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA

Research

$10K
University of Maryland · College Park, MD

Research

$10K
United States Olympic & Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO

Research

$7,000