2024 Scientific Sessions Travel Grants Application is Now Open!
The ASE Foundation will sponsor trainees to attend the 35th ASE Annual Scientific Sessions in Portland, Oregon, June 14-16, 2024. Travel grants of $1,000 will be awarded.
Please review the individual Council requirements below and then log in to your ASE Member Portal and click this application link (or navigate to Membership >> Committees, Councils, SIGs >> Council Travel Grant Application). You must have all submission materials to complete the application.
If selected for a 2024 Council Travel Grant you are agreeing to attend the ASE Scientific Sessions June 14-16, 2024.
Deadline for Submission: April 15, 2024
Travel grant winners will be notified by May 1, 2024
Cardiovascular Sonography
Cardiovascular sonographers (non-physicians) are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be a current ASE member; hold echocardiography certification from ARDMS or CCI or an equivalent international sonography certification (adult, pediatric, echo and/or vascular); and be currently working part time or greater.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief personal statement about why you want to attend the annual ASE Scientific Sessions, and what you think you can bring back to your lab as a result of attending. Your statement should also include:
- Name/Address/Phone/Email
- Registry
- Place of employment
- Number of hours worked per week
- Length of current employment
- A letter from your supervisor in support of your application.
Applicants must be a member of ASE. Current faculty and/or previous recipients of an ASE Travel Grant are not eligible to apply. Questions may be directed to Awards@ASEcho.org. Deadline for submission is Monday, April 15, 2024.
Log in to the ASE Member portal and then click this application link (or navigate to Membership >> Committees, Councils, SIGs >> Council Travel Grant Application). You must have all submission materials to complete the application.
Circulation and Vascular
These travel grants are part of an effort by ASE’s Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council Steering Committee to encourage physician trainees in cardiovascular specialties to focus on the field of circulation and vascular ultrasound, to encourage sonographers with an interest in vascular imaging, and to recruit enthusiastic new members to the Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council.
Students in an ultrasound training program, residents and fellows in vascular surgery, cardiovascular medicine, and vascular medicine may apply. All sonographers with strong interest in vascular ultrasound are encouraged to apply for one of the $1000 travel grants.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the vascular laboratory director in support of your application.
Applicants must be a member of ASE. Current faculty and/or previous recipients of an ASE Travel Grant are not eligible to apply. Questions may be directed to Awards@ASEcho.org. Deadline for submission is Monday, April 15, 2024.
Log in to the ASE Member portal and then click this application link (or navigate to Membership >> Committees, Councils, SIGs >> Council Travel Grant Application). You must have all submission materials to complete the application.
Critical Care Echocardiography
These travel grants are part of an effort by ASE’s Critical Care Echocardiography Council Steering Committee to encourage physician trainees in cardiovascular specialties to focus on the field of critical care ultrasound, to encourage advanced practice providers with an interest in critical care imaging, and to recruit enthusiastic new members to the Critical Care Echocardiography Council.
Trainees, both physicians and advanced practice providers, in an emergency department, critical care cardiology, intensive care, critical care or related discipline within a dedicated critical care training program or with an interest in critical care echocardiography are encouraged to apply for one of the $1000 travel grants.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the echo laboratory director in support of your application.
Applicants must be a member of ASE. Current faculty and/or previous recipients of an ASE Travel Grant are not eligible to apply. Questions may be directed to Awards@ASEcho.org. Deadline for submission is Monday, April 15, 2024.
Log in to the ASE Member portal and then click this application link (or navigate to Membership >> Committees, Councils, SIGs >> Council Travel Grant Application). You must have all submission materials to complete the application.
Interventional Echocardiography
These travel grants are part of an effort by ASE’s Interventional Echocardiography Council Steering Committee to encourage physician trainees in structural heart cardiovascular specialties to focus on the field of interventional ultrasound, to encourage advanced practice providers with an interest in interventional imaging, and to recruit enthusiastic new members to the Interventional Echocardiography Council.
Trainees, both physicians and advanced practice providers, performing structural heart procedures or related discipline within a dedicated interventional training program or with an interest in interventional echocardiography are encouraged to apply for one of the $1000 travel grants.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the echo laboratory director in support of your application.
Applicants must be a member of ASE. Current faculty and/or previous recipients of an ASE Travel Grant are not eligible to apply. Questions may be directed to Awards@ASEcho.org. Deadline for submission is Monday, April 15, 2024.
Log in to the ASE Member portal and then click this application link (or navigate to Membership >> Committees, Councils, SIGs >> Council Travel Grant Application). You must have all submission materials to complete the application.
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
The travel grants are part of an ongoing effort by the ASE’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council Steering Committee to encourage pediatric cardiology fellows to sub-specialize in the field of pediatric cardiovascular imaging. The hope of the Council is to provide interested fellows with a deeper understanding of the imaging field and facilitate the development of meaningful mentoring opportunities for trainees with an established imaging faculty.
Pediatric cardiology fellows in the first three years of training with an interest in cardiac imaging are encouraged to apply.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the echo laboratory director in support of your application.
Applicants must be a member of ASE. Current faculty and/or previous recipients of an ASE Travel Grant are not eligible to apply. Questions may be directed to Awards@ASEcho.org. Deadline for submission is Monday, April 15, 2024.
Log in to the ASE Member portal and then click this application link (or navigate to Membership >> Committees, Councils, SIGs >> Council Travel Grant Application). You must have all submission materials to complete the application.
Perioperative Echocardiography
These travel grants are part of an effort by ASE’s Perioperative Echocardiography Council Steering Committee to encourage sonographers, fellows or residents to sub-specialize in the field of perioperative ultrasound imaging. The Perioperative Council aims to help interested trainees acquire a deeper understanding of ultrasound imaging and facilitate the development of meaningful mentoring opportunities with established imaging faculty.
Trainees, both physicians and advanced practice providers, in an anesthesiology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, critical care or related discipline within a dedicated perioperative echocardiography training program or with an interest in perioperative echocardiography are encouraged to apply for one of the $1000 travel grants.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the echo laboratory director in support of your application.
Applicants must be a member of ASE. Current faculty and/or previous recipients of an ASE Travel Grant are not eligible to apply. Questions may be directed to Awards@ASEcho.org. Deadline for submission is Monday, April 15, 2024.
Log in to the ASE Member portal and then click this application link (or navigate to Membership >> Committees, Councils, SIGs >> Council Travel Grant Application). You must have all submission materials to complete the application.