Resource-Limited Country Travel Awards

Overview

_NOTE: To be awarded a Resource-Limited Travel Award, you must:Submit an abstract by the June deadline and affirm your eligibility for the award in your abstract submission._

About ASHG

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is the world’s largest professional community driving the field of human genetics and genomics research and translation, with decades of leadership supporting new discovery and applications. The Society was established in 1948 to lead research, education, and service in human genetics. The ASHG meeting, first held in 1948, has grown to become the world’s largest annual meeting in human genetics and genomics with attendance of 8,000 or more each year. Soon after, the Society published the first edition of The American Journal of Human Genetics, which launched in 1949.

Resource-Limited Country Travel Awards

Resource-Limited Country Travel Awards help defray the costs of ASHG Annual Meeting participation for up to 10 individuals residing in resource-limited countries categorized by the World Bank as having low income or lower middle-income economies.

The ASHG Program Committee will select award recipients based on the quality of submitted abstracts. Award recipients receive:

* Support for meeting-related travel expenses (more details coming soon).
* Complimentary meeting registration.
* A complimentary ticket to the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Luncheon.
* A complimentary ticket to the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Reception.
* Complimentary one-year ASHG membership.

Eligibility

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

* At the time of submission, reside in a country categorized by the World Bank as having low-income or lower-middle-income economies (see the list of eligible countries).
* Submit an abstract by the June deadline and affirm your eligibility for the award in your abstract submission.
* Attend the in-person Annual Meeting the year the award is won.

Ineligibility

* Please note that due to U.S. OFAC comprehensive sanctions, the following countries are ineligible to submit an abstract or receive ASHG Resource Limited Travel Awards or ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Awards: Iran; Cuba; Russia; Syria; Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea (North Korea); and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.