Immunology 2011™ – The American Association of Immunologists

AAI Travel Awards

AAI is pleased to offer a range of travel grants and awards to young or early-career investigators of distinction. To view IMMUNOLOGY 2011™ Travel Grant and Award Recipients, click here.

Deadlines for the following award and grant applications have passed.

NEW for 2011! AAI Laboratory Travel Grants

AAI Laboratory Travel Grants

AAI is pleased to offer travel grants to assist mid-career investigators in attending IMMUNOLOGY 2011™. Applicants must be AAI Regular Members in good standing, hold an appointment of Associate Professor or equivalent, and have limited support for travel (no more than 1 R01, or equivalent). Assistant professors, full professors, and equivalents are not eligible. Each grant will provide two travel awards of up to $1,250 each: one to the PI or laboratory director and another to a member of his or her lab, chosen by the PI or laboratory director. Applicants must be a first or last author on one or more abstracts submitted to IMMUNOLOGY 2011™ (regular or late breaking). Recipients must attend the annual meeting and will be reimbursed up to $1,250 for registration, abstract submission, travel, and housing.

Pfizer-Showell Travel Award

This award recognizes the professional promise of an early career investigator (assistant professor or equivalent) by assisting the award recipient with travel to the AAI Annual Meeting to present his or her research. Selection is based on career progress and submission of an outstanding abstract selected for presentation in a Block Symposium at the meeting. The award recipient must attend the annual AAI Business Meeting and Awards Presentation held during the Annual Meeting, where he/she will be recognized and presented with his/her award. Support of up to $1500 will be provided for meeting registration and travel. This award is supported through an endowment from Henry J. Showell and Pfizer, Inc.

AAI-Life Technologies Trainee Achievement Awards

This award recognizes up to 6 promising trainees in the field of immunology. Awardees will receive a $1,000 cash prize and reimbursement for meeting expenses. Selection is based on career promise and presentation of an outstanding first-author abstract selected for presentation in a Block Symposium. This award is supported through a generous grant from Life Technologies Corporation.

AAI Junior Faculty Travel Grants

AAI is pleased to offer travel grants of up to $1,250 to young investigators to attend the AAI Annual Meeting. Applicants must submit a first-author abstract or be an author on a submitted abstract to IMMUNOLOGY 2011™. Recipients will receive up to $1,250 in reimbursement for qualifying meeting expenses.

Cynthia Chambers Memorial-eBioscience Junior Faculty Award

Established to honor the memory of AAI member Dr. Cynthia Chambers, this award is intended to advance the career of a junior scientist who attends the AAI Annual Meeting and presents an outstanding abstract specifically in the area of cancer biology. The award recipient will receive a $1,000 cash award and a certificate during the AAI Business Meeting and Awards Presentation at IMMUNOLOGY 2011™. This award is generously supported through a grant from eBioscience, Inc.

AAI Minority Scientist Travel Awards

Supported through the FASEB Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program and a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH, this award provides travel support to eligible AAI members to attend the AAI Annual Meeting. Each award provides support of up to $1,650 for registration and meeting-related travel expenses. Award recipients are invited to attend the annual AAI Business Meeting and Awards Presentation, where they will be recognized.

AAI Trainee Abstract Awards

This award provides $500 to eligible AAI Trainee Members (students and postdoctoral fellows) whose first-author abstracts submitted to the AAI Annual Meeting are selected for presentation in Block Symposia. Attendance at the meeting is mandatory and the first author must make the abstract presentation.

AAI Trainee Certification Form

This form must accompany award applications from trainees.



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