• All applicants for travel grants must be members of the AHA/ASA at any level.  If you need to become an AHA/ASA Professional Member, you must do so no later than January 25, 2013 due to the time needed to process the membership number required on your award application form.   
• Applicants must currently be active in any aspect(s) of quality of care and outcomes research.
• Applicants must be undergraduates, pre-doctoral students, early career Investigators or post-doctoral trainees.  Early Career Investigators are considered to be Ph.D.s. and/or M.D.s who are still in training (i.e., residency, fellowship, etc.) or have completed training only within the last four years; or Ph.D.s and/or M.D.s who are still within in the first four years after their first faculty appointment, as of the award application date.  Those with other doctoral degrees equivalent to a PhD or MD (i.e. PharmD, MBBCh, etc.) who are trainees or early career investigators are eligible.
• Abstract must be submitted to the QCOR Scientific Sessions in accordance with the AHA's rules and regulations for submitting abstracts.   Abstract must be accepted for oral or poster presentation at the QCOR Scientific Sessions and the applicant must be the first and presenting author.
• Applicants may apply for a travel stipend multiple times with different abstracts as long as the applicant is the presenting author on each abstract.  However, an applicant is eligible to receive only one travel stipend, even if multiple abstracts are accepted to the QCOR Scientific Sessions. 
• Winners are not eligible to re-enter the competition in subsequent years. 
• Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
• There are no citizenship requirements.
• Five of the 12 grants will be specifically reserved for the finalists of the QCOR Young Investigator Award that is also presented at the QCOR Scientific Sessions.

• All applicants for travel grants must be members of the AHA/ASA at any level.  If you need to become an AHA/ASA Professional Member, you must do so no later than January 25, 2013 due to the time needed to process the membership number required on your award application form.   
• Applicants must currently be active in any aspect(s) of quality of care and outcomes research.
• Applicants must be undergraduates, pre-doctoral students, early career Investigators or post-doctoral trainees.  Early Career Investigators are considered to be Ph.D.s. and/or M.D.s who are still in training (i.e., residency, fellowship, etc.) or have completed training only within the last four years; or Ph.D.s and/or M.D.s who are still within in the first four years after their first faculty appointment, as of the award application date.  Those with other doctoral degrees equivalent to a PhD or MD (i.e. PharmD, MBBCh, etc.) who are trainees or early career investigators are eligible.
• Abstract must be submitted to the QCOR Scientific Sessions in accordance with the AHA's rules and regulations for submitting abstracts.   Abstract must be accepted for oral or poster presentation at the QCOR Scientific Sessions and the applicant must be the first and presenting author.
• Applicants may apply for a travel stipend multiple times with different abstracts as long as the applicant is the presenting author on each abstract.  However, an applicant is eligible to receive only one travel stipend, even if multiple abstracts are accepted to the QCOR Scientific Sessions. 
• Winners are not eligible to re-enter the competition in subsequent years. 
• Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
• There are no citizenship requirements.
• Five of the 12 grants will be specifically reserved for the finalists of the QCOR Young Investigator Award that is also presented at the QCOR Scientific Sessions.

Candidates will be judged based on the scientific ranking (score) of the candidate’s abstract.  The first authors of the highest-scoring abstracts from the pool of eligible applicants will be selected as awardees.

You may apply for an Early Career Investigator Travel Stipend through the abstract submission process by Friday, January 25, 2013. 

You will be asked to submit the necessary items as you complete the abstract submittion process. This will include a supporting statement from the applicant’s supervisor or a research mentor familiar with the applicant simply verifying that the applicant performed the research in the abstract and is eligible as an early career investigator, student, or trainee as defined in the eligibility criteria.  This statement should be written on electronic letterhead, signed, and provided to the applicant for upload in the application file.  No additional references are required. 

Travel Award Details

• Each winner will recieve a travel stipend amount of up to $1000 for use in attending the annual QCOR Scientific Sessions to present an accepted abstract. 
• Awardees will collect original reciepts associated with thier travel expenses to attende the confernece and submit these reciepts to AHA. 
• Eligible reimbursable travel expenses include hotel, ground transportation (taxis, airport shuttle, airport parking, etc.), and round-trip coach airfare or train fare to attend the QCOR Scientific Sessions. Conference registration and meals are not covered.

Winners and non-winners will be notified by mid-March.