APS offers a number of fellowships for minority undergraduate & graduate students (travel awards, graduate fellowships, abstract-based awards, and K-12 outreach fellowships) designed to provide funding, but to also offer opportunities to build professional networks. Use the links below for information on targeted awards for underrepresented students. For general awards, click on the Awards tab at the top of the page.
Porter Physiology Development Fellowship
The goal of the Porter Physiology Development Program is to encourage diversity among students pursuing full-time studies toward the Ph.D. (or D.Sc.) in the physiological sciences and to encourage their participation in the American Physiological Society.
Minority Travel Fellows Program
Travel fellowships to underrepresented students and faculty members at Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) and Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS)-eligible institutions to attend EB or APS Conferences.
K-12 Minority Outreach Fellowships
This program seeks to foster communication between minority graduate and postdoctoral students and middle/high school minority life sciences students.
Steven M. Horvath Professional Development Opportunity Awards
The annual Horvath Awards provide $500 and complimentary registration for the Experimental Biology meeting.