Early Career Faculty Travel Award
Early Career Faculty Travel Award supports early-career faculty travel to Anatomy Connected to present scientific and educational research recognized through competitive abstract review.
Funder: American Association for Anatomy
Due Dates: December 7, 2026 (Application and abstract submission)
Funding Amounts: Up to five $1,000 awards, each comprising a $500 honorarium and $500 travel reimbursement
Summary: Supports early-career faculty travel to Anatomy Connected to present research selected through a competitive abstract review.
Key Information: Applicants must be AAA early-career members and junior faculty within 10 years of their highest degree.
Description
The American Association for Anatomy (AAA) offers the Early Career Faculty Travel Award to support attendance and research presentation at Anatomy Connected, its annual meeting. The award is part of AAA’s broader meeting travel support for students, postdocs, and early-career members. The Committee for Early-Career Anatomists (CECA) reviews and scores abstracts, selecting the top five for awards.
The competition prioritizes research-focused, non-descriptive presentations while encouraging descriptive submissions. Scientific and educational research are evaluated using the scientific process. Work based on previously published research is eligible only when it represents further progression of that research. Awards recognize selected research and are presented at the meeting’s Closing Awards Ceremony.
