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Application Information

This program is designed to encourage highly qualified individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in science to pursue professional careers in physiological/biomedical sciences. The APS Minority Travel Fellowship Awards are open to:

• underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows,
• persons with disabilities,
• undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and
• faculty members at Minority Serving Institutions (i.e. HBCUs, HSIs, and Tribal Colleges and Universities).

Funds will provide transportation, meals, and lodging up to a maximum amount specified for each meeting. A separate application must be submitted for each applicant; incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

The definitions for the groups that the NIH considers to be in need of a special recruitment and retention plan in order to diversify the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences workforce ethnic and racial categories come from the " Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity" (last revised in November 2009), which can also be found at the bottom of the page under Resources.

To apply online, scroll down to Resources and click on the “Application Form” button.

Under resources, you can also find the information you need to submit with your application.