General Information

International Travel Grants encourage those in underserved areas of the international clinical laboratory community to attend the AACC Annual Meeting and foster relationships between scientists of other countries and those in the United States. International travel grants ranging up to $2,500 and include free Annual Meeting registration.  Applications are due December 31; winners are notified by March 1 and the funds are distributed at the annual meeting. These travel grants are funded by AACC's Van Slyke Foundation (VSF).

International travel grants are intended to help offset travel expenses, not to cover all the costs of attending the meeting, and are based on the following criteria which should be explained in your cover letter:

• Impact on the applicant’s future career in clinical laboratory medicine;
• Impact on state of clinical lab medicine in your country; 
• Broadening international participation at the meeting;
• Financial need to attend; and
• Applicant's impact on the meeting’s content (preference will be given to those presenting abstracts, or those participating in the Annual Meeting in other ways, please specify).

Preference will be given to AACC members.

How to Apply

Applications should contain the following:

• A statement of why the applicant wants to attend the AACC Annual Meeting and how attending will help the applicant in his or her work as a clinical laboratory scientist;
• A statement as to whether the applicant has submitted an abstract for presentation at the meeting (if so, a copy of the abstract must be included with the application). Please note: The deadline for Annual Meeting abstract submissions is generally earlier than the December 31 deadline for travel grant applications;
• Information about whether other resources are available for the applicant to attend the meeting. Applicant must be able to pay for airfare and other expenses related to travel to the meeting.
• Contact information for the applicant, such as address, e-mail address, or fax number;
• Information about whether applicant has attended past AACC meetings
• Applicant's CV or resume;
• A list of the applicant’s professional memberships; and
• Two letters of support, which must be on organizational letterhead.

Submit applications by December 31 to:

• Email: Michele Horwitz;
• Fax: 202-835-8723.
• Format: All applications should be submitted as 1 PDF document if possible, with documents sent in the sequential order listed directly above (under the "How to Apply" Section).

Questions?

If you still have questions about the international travel grants, email the Membership Director at Michele Horwitz or call (800) 892-1400 Ext. 1723 or (202) 835-8723.