ASPET Family Support Fund 

ASPET is accepting applications for financial support to help offset the cost of dependent care to enable members to present their research at the ASPET 2025 Annual Meeting.

The ASPET Family Support Fund is a reimbursable allowance of up to $1,000 toward one of the eligible scenarios detailed below. Funds may not be used for ongoing dependent-care expenses.  The Family Support Fund can be combined with the  ASPET Travel Award 

Requirements and Eligibility

• Must be an ASPET member by the ASPET Family Support Fund deadline of January 24, 2025. 
• Must submit an abstract, as the primary author (first author), by January 16, 2025. 
• Priority will be given to students and early-career scientists
• Eligible dependents are defined as the following:
  • Children under the age of 16.
  • Parent.
  • Disabled child of any age.
  • Spouse, partner, or family member for whom the applicant is the primary caregiver.
• Only one grant per family will be awarded.
• Grant recipients are required to present their research at the ASPET 2024 Annual Meeting.  Failure to present your research will result in forfeiture of the grant.

How To Apply

• Access the Awards Portal HERE
• Click "Enter Now" and log in with your ASPET account credentials. 
• Click on ASPET Family Support Fund to apply.

Eligible Funding Scenarios

Funds may be applied to only one of the following eligible scenarios. Expenses in excess of the grant amount are the attendee’s responsibility. Funding may NOT be applied to ongoing child care or nursing care an attendee would normally incur (e.g. before/after school care or nursing care retained on an ongoing basis) or any of the attendee’s expenses.

Expenses are reimbursable after the attendee’s participation in the meeting and submission of original receipts and a completed ASPET reimbursement form. Reimbursement form will be provided with the grant notification.

The Family Support Fund can be combined with the  ASPET Travel Award 

Dependent travel to meeting location 

If the attendee is traveling with the dependent(s) to the meeting, funds may be used toward dependent(s) economy class airfare or train fare, unaccompanied minor travel fees (where applicable), and airport/station transfers.

Childcare and Adult Day Care services at meeting location

If the attendee is traveling with the dependent(s) to the meeting, funds may be used toward onsite babysitting or adult daycare services at the meeting location that have been arranged for and paid by the attendee.

Caregiver travel to attendee’s home

If the attendee must arrange for a family member or other caregiver to travel to the attendee’s home to care for the dependent while the attendee participates in the meeting, grant funds may be used for travel costs associated with one dependent caregiver’s travel from their home city to the attendee’s home. Grant funds may be applied toward caregiver’s economy class airfare or train fare, airport/station transfers, parking at caregiver’s home airport/station, or mileage and parking if driving to the attendee’s home.

Dependent(s) travel to caregiver outside home community

If the dependent(s) will be cared for by a relative or other caregiver who resides outside the attendee’s community, grant funds may be applied to costs associated with transporting the dependent(s) to the caregiver’s home. Funds may be used toward dependent(s) economy class airfare or train fare, unaccompanied minor travel fees (where applicable) and airport/station transfers.

Caregiver travel to meeting location to care for dependent(s)

When it is not practical for the dependent to remain at home, grant funds may be applied to the travel costs associated with a family member or other caregiver to travel to the meeting location to care for the dependent(s) while the attendee participates in the meeting. Funds may be used toward one caregiver’s economy class airfare or train fare, airport/station transfers, airport/station parking, mileage to/from airport/station, car rental expenses if driving to the meeting location, and on-site housing for the caregiver (if traveling separately and housed in a separate room from the attendee).