Up to $1,250 to attend inaugural George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance (OKRA) Resource Showcase. Showcase offers: networking opportunities, information on the services and resources available through the OKRA Consortium’s National Resource Centers (NRCs). Highlights include breakout sessions with OKRA PIs and key personnel and guidance on writing successful proposals, research questions, and aims pages. For ESIs engaged in basic, clinical, or translational research relevant to OKRA’s goals who plan to conduct research utilizing Consortium resources. [Application deadline: 2/23/26 at 5 pm CT. Resource Showcase: April 6, 2026, Washington DC.]
Travel Awards
ASM Career Development Grant for Postdoctoral Women
Up to $2,000 to 5-8 postdoctoral women to travel to a meeting, visit another laboratory or take a course or event to hone their research and/or leadership skills. Open to woman-identifying scientists who hold a doctoral degree and have <5 years of cumulative postdoctoral experience. Must be ASM postdoc members and perform postdoctoral work in microbiology at a U.S institution. [Application deadline: 2/17/26.] [Funding Period: 3/15-12/31/26.]
Travel awards for early career investigators to attend Multidisciplinary Research in Aging/Team Science Workshop
Covers travel to and from the workshop, meals, and hotel accommodations for advanced doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows or ESIs (according to NIH definition) affiliated with an institution with 1+ NIA Sponsored Center. Must attend the full meeting (May 20-21 in Bethesda, MD) to qualify. Recipients participate in a special career development session. [Application deadline: 2/27/26. Decisions announced: 3/6/26.]