Conference Awards
Awards to the SRS’s Advances in Sleep and Circadian Sciences Meeting
These awards support early-stage investigators with registration awards, allowing them to continue to learn and grow as sleep and/or circadian researchers.
Annual Award: Covers the cost of registration.
Funding Provided by the Sleep Research Society Foundation
SRSF Undergraduate Trainee Travel Award
These scholarships fund undergraduates to attend SLEEP.
Annual Award: Covers the cost of registration.
Funding Provided by the Sleep Research Society Foundation
This award is offered for undergraduate trainees with an interest in pursuing a career in sleep or circadian rhythms. Trainees will be offered up to $1000 reimbursement for registration fees, travel, and lodging costs associated with attending SLEEP. To be eligible for the Undergraduate Trainee Travel Award, trainees must complete and submit the application*, attend the Trainee Symposia Series (Trainee Day) ,and submit an evaluation form on site. Trainees who have never attended Trainee Day and who do not have any outside funding to attend SLEEP will be given preference for this award, but all undergraduates are encouraged to apply. Trainees are welcome to apply to this award in addition to the Trainee Merit award but will only be awarded one.
SRS Foundation’s Young Investigator’s Research Forum Scholarships
The SRSF partners with the AASM Foundation to provide scholarships to attend the annual Young Investigator’s Research Forum that is aimed at providing guidance, tactics, and strategies to better position young investigators for a successful career in sleep and circadian research.
One Year Award: Covers the cost of registration.
Funding Provided by the Sleep Research Society Foundation
Trainee Merit Award
Trainee Merit Awards are financial awards which are approximately the cost of registration for SLEEP, a certificate, and recognition in an SRS Update. To be eligible for a Trainee Merit Award, trainees must have submitted an abstract for the SLEEP meeting; complete/submit the application*, attend Trainee Day, and submit an evaluation.
Leadership Development Workshop Award (odd years)
The Leadership Development Workshop is held for a select group of trainees seeking guidance in leadership development. The workshop includes speakers, interactive panels, and small group discussions. Topics ill include transitioning to independence, setting up a research team, managing the business of science, and personal marketing. To be eligible for the Leadership Development Workshop Award, trainees must complete and submit an application* and attend the Leadership Development Workshop (workshops take place during the annual SLEEP meeting in odd years).
Grant Writing Workshop Award (even years)
The Grant Writing Workshop is held for a select group of trainees seeking guidance in grant writing development. The workshop includes speakers, interactive panels, and small group discussions. Topics include practical information on the grant writing process, from initial planning to funding, as well as an opportunity to have specific aims reviewed by a faculty member. To be eligible for the Grant Writing Workshop Award, trainees must complete and submit an application* and attend the Grant Writing Workshop (workshops take place during the annual SLEEP meeting in even years).
Diversity Travel Award
The SRS welcomes and benefits from scientists and researchers with a common interest in sleep and circadian rhythms from varying backgrounds, disciplines and countries. The SRS Diversity Travel Award aims to facilitate attendance from underrepresented groups and increase diversity at the SLEEP meeting. Researchers with disabilities or who identify as coming from backgrounds underrepresented in sleep and circadian rhythms, regardless of nationality, are strongly encouraged to apply. Trainees will be offered up to $2000 reimbursement for registration fees, travel, and lodging costs associated with attending SLEEP. All levels of training are eligible for the SRS Diversity Travel Award (high school students, undergraduate students, graduate students, medical students, medical residents, fellows, postdoctoral fellows). To be eligible for the Diversity Travel Award, trainees must complete and submit the application* and attend the SLEEP meeting. Trainees are welcome to apply to this award in addition to the Trainee Merit award but will only be awarded one.
*There is one application for the following SLEEP conference awards: Trainee Merit Award, Leadership Development Workshop or Grant Writing Workshop, Diversity Membership Award, and SRSF Undergraduate Trainee Travel Award.