Society for Vascular Medicine
2010 Annual Meeting Travel Grant Program

The Society for Vascular Medicine offers travel grant awards to promote the interest of younger vascular clinicians and other practitioners, and vascular researchers to attend the annual meeting. This is designed to facilitate participation for those experiencing financial hardship. The travel grants are supported by voluntary contributions from SVM members and/or corporate support. Funds to support travel have certain restrictions as to how they may be spent by the grant recipient.

Download the application.

Goals

To cultivate interest in the field of vascular medicine (and related vascular research)
To encourage trainees, clinicians and practitioners to increase their knowledge of vascular medicine
To foster interest in SVM and obtain new members

Timeline

Application Deadline	February 12, 2010
Winners notified	March 10, 2010
Meeting begins	April 28, 2010

Eligibility & Applications

Young investigators, interested clinicians (residents, fellows, and early career physicians), nurses and technologists are encouraged to apply.
Candidates are selected on the basis of their experience and goals in vascular medicine and related vascular research, their ability to benefit from participation in the annual meeting, and financial need.
The travel grant application process is open to SVM members and non-members who have not previously received an SVM travel grant.
The application (see draft application below) includes a statement of need that explains the impact or importance of attending this meeting, current curriculum vitae, estimate of expenses (in U.S. dollars) to travel to the SVM Annual Meeting and a letter of support including a statement of need. Residents and other trainees should also include a letter of introduction from their training directors.
Applications would be available via the SVM Web site and from SVM headquarters.

Selection Criteria

Selection takes into account the total pool of funds available and how much support is requested by the applicant to ensure attendance.

Criteria for trainees may include:

Prior experiences specific to vascular medicine training (or research)
Likelihood that attending will impact their practicing vascular medicine (or conducting vascular related research) in the future
The availability of other support to attend the meeting.

Criteria for practicing physicians or other practitioner may include:

People in early or mid-career who provide medical care for patient with vascular disease
The magnitude of the impact attending the conference would have on the applicant's delivery of care.

Other selection criteria may include geographic distribution and the impact upon the promotion of the field of vascular medicine.

Ideally, final selections should include clinically active practitioners, resident/fellowship trainees, and research trainees.

Grant and Award

Travel grant recipients receive the following:

Up to $1,500 in support of travel, lodging and expenses to attend the annual meeting. The amount of the award will be based on the cost of travel from their location.
Complimentary registration to Scientific Sessions and Board Review Course and all course materials.
A meeting with SVM leadership

Updated November 6, 2009