The SRS Foundation is pleased to once again partner with the AASM Foundation to provide scholarships for travel to attend AASM Foundation’s Young Investigators Research Forum. Qualified applicants must be an SRS Member to qualify for the SRSF Scholarship. Applications due October 21, 2024 by 11:59 pm ET.

The Young Investigators Research Forum 2025 will have a kick-off virtual meeting in March 2025 and an in-person meeting on April 23-25, 2025, in Bethesda, MD.

The program will provide accepted applicants the guidance, tactics, and strategies to better position early career investigators for a successful career in circadian and sleep research by:

  • Understanding how to build a successful career in sleep research, including how to foster collaborations and develop mentorship relationships.
  • Understanding the policies and various mechanisms for sleep research funding.
  • Gain insight on the grant peer review structure and process.
  • Further develop specific aims for a grant proposal.

The Young Investigators Research Forum will provide an opportunity for collegial interaction among early career investigators and established senior investigators across the broad spectrum of basic, translational, clinical and population sleep and circadian science, as well as with scientific and program officers from various funding agencies.