ISTM: Research Grants

Supporting Important Research

ISTM is pleased to offer Travel Medicine Research Awards to ISTM Members each year. Grants are awarded through a peer-review process implemented by the ISTM Research and Awards Committee. The awards are designed to stimulate travel medicine research by supporting comprehensive research projects or, for larger projects, providing support for pilot studies to enable researchers to collect data/test hypotheses so that they can then apply to other agencies for more substantive research grants.

Research Grants

The 2023-2024 Research Awards will be available in three main categories:

• General travel medicine projects;
• Projects by investigators in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs);
• Projects by new investigators; (< 5 years practicing travel medicine or longer travel medicine practice with no prior research funding).

It is expected that these grants will stimulate travel medicine research by providing support for pilot studies to enable researchers to collect data or test hypotheses for future larger projects. Typical awards will be in the range of USD 10,000 to USD 15,000.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Award requirements include:
  • Research must be travel medicine or immigrant/refugee health oriented.
  • Project proposal must be scientifically sound and must be in accordance with international ethical guidelines.
  • IRB approval is to be secured within 6 months of notice of award.
  • There must be no conflicts of interest for any of the investigators who apply for research funding.
  • Grant applicants must be ISTM members in good standing.
  • Projects should be able to be realistically completed using ISTM grant funding alone.
  • Studies are to begin within 1 year of notice of award.
  • A progress report will be sent to the ISTM Research and Awards Committee every year with a final report submitted at the conclusion of the project.
  • A research paper must be submitted to initially to the Journal of Travel Medicine within one year of completion of the project, it does not guarantee acceptance of the paper.

_You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Grant applicants must be ISTM members in good standing._