ASM Student and Postdoctoral Travel Award
This award supports students and postdocs with top microbiology abstracts to attend ASM Microbe, advancing their research careers through financial and professional development support.
Funder: American Society for Microbiology
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026 (Travel Award application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: $1,000 per recipient; 15 awards available; includes complimentary conference registration
Summary: Supports students and postdocs with outstanding abstracts to attend ASM Microbe, fostering professional development in microbiology.
Key Information: Forecasted cycle—dates are projected; eligibility requires active ASM membership and no prior award within last 2 years.
Description
The ASM Student and Postdoctoral Travel Award recognizes and supports students and postdoctoral researchers who submit outstanding scientific abstracts to one of the ASM Microbe conference's three tracks: ASM Health, ASM Applied & Environmental Microbiology, and ASM Mechanism Discovery. Selected by the ASM Microbe Program Committee, the award provides financial support and complimentary registration to attend ASM Microbe, with the goal of fostering professional development and encouraging continued research excellence in the microbial sciences.
