• All applicants for the travel stipend must be members of the 3CPR Council at the time of application.  If you need to become an AHA/ASA Professional Member, you should do so no later than July 30 for your membership to be processed in time for the application submission deadline.   Learn more about AHA membership.
• Each applicant for AHA council-sponsored awards, regardless of award category, is eligible to receive only one council-sponsored award per AHA conference per year.  (For example, an Early Career Investigator Award finalist will not be eligible to receive a travel stipend for the same meeting.)
• Applicants must be undergraduates, pre-doctoral students, early career investigators or 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. 
• Applicants must submit an abstract to AHA Scientific Sessions 2013 by the abstract submission deadline.  The abstract must comply with the Abstract Submission Guidelines as outlined by the Committee on Scientific Sessions Program.  Please visit Scientific Sessions to submit an abstract before submitting a travel stipend application.
• Applicants must submit an abstract in accordance with the rules and regulations for submitting abstracts to the AHA Scientific Sessions to one of the categories primarily sponsored by the 3CPR Council.  Please view the listing of abstract categories associated with this travel award.  If your abstract is not accepted in a 3CPR-sponsored category, you are not eligible to apply for this specific grant. Abstract presenters will be notified in mid August. 
• Abstracts/manuscripts eligible for this award must be based upon projects that adhere to the American Heart Association’s policies governing all research awards, regardless of whether the project was funded by the American Heart Association.  These policies are available here and include (but are not limited to) research using human subjects or animals and stem cell research.
• Notwithstanding the above, the AHA Officers have the discretion to determine eligibility for the award in extraordinary circumstances when there is an issue relating to AHA policy or positions or other potentially controversial issue relating to the positioning or perception of the AHA.
• Applicant must be working in any area of research concerned with aspects of cardiopulmonary, perioperative, resuscitation, or critical care biology.
• 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 Scientific Sessions. 
• Winners are not eligible to re-enter the competition in subsequent years. 
• There are no citizenship requirements.

• All applicants for the travel stipend must be members of the 3CPR Council at the time of application.  If you need to become an AHA/ASA Professional Member, you should do so no later than July 30 for your membership to be processed in time for the application submission deadline.   Learn more about AHA membership.
• Each applicant for AHA council-sponsored awards, regardless of award category, is eligible to receive only one council-sponsored award per AHA conference per year.  (For example, an Early Career Investigator Award finalist will not be eligible to receive a travel stipend for the same meeting.)
• Applicants must be undergraduates, pre-doctoral students, early career investigators or 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. 
• Applicants must submit an abstract to AHA Scientific Sessions 2013 by the abstract submission deadline.  The abstract must comply with the Abstract Submission Guidelines as outlined by the Committee on Scientific Sessions Program.  Please visit Scientific Sessions to submit an abstract before submitting a travel stipend application.
• Applicants must submit an abstract in accordance with the rules and regulations for submitting abstracts to the AHA Scientific Sessions to one of the categories primarily sponsored by the 3CPR Council.  Please view the listing of abstract categories associated with this travel award.  If your abstract is not accepted in a 3CPR-sponsored category, you are not eligible to apply for this specific grant. Abstract presenters will be notified in mid August. 
• Abstracts/manuscripts eligible for this award must be based upon projects that adhere to the American Heart Association’s policies governing all research awards, regardless of whether the project was funded by the American Heart Association.  These policies are available here and include (but are not limited to) research using human subjects or animals and stem cell research.
• Notwithstanding the above, the AHA Officers have the discretion to determine eligibility for the award in extraordinary circumstances when there is an issue relating to AHA policy or positions or other potentially controversial issue relating to the positioning or perception of the AHA.
• Applicant must be working in any area of research concerned with aspects of cardiopulmonary, perioperative, resuscitation, or critical care biology.
• 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 Scientific Sessions. 
• Winners are not eligible to re-enter the competition in subsequent years. 
• There are no citizenship requirements.

Application will be judged based on the scientific ranking of the candidate’s abstract.  Only abstracts accepted for presentation at Scientific Sessions (oral or poster) will ultimately be considered.

Electronic submission through the Council Awards Application System is required.  Hard copies of any part of the application cannot be accepted. 

Your application file should contain the following documents in PDF format:

• Previously unpublished abstract in accordance with AHA rules and regulations for submitting abstracts to Scientific Sessions 2013.  The abstract should first be submitted to Scientific Sessions at Scientific Sessions before applying for this award.  Your abstract control number will be needed for the travel grant application form.  You may submit the travel grant application before you are notified of whether your abstract has been accepted to Scientific Sessions, but only accepted abstracts will be eligible to win.
   
• Original letter on electronic letterhead, signed by the candidate’s supervisor or an appropriate institutional officer, simply verifying the applicant’s eligibility to be considered for the travel grant as a student, postdoctoral fellow, or early career investigator as outlined in the award criteria.  No additional references are required.

Visit the Council Awards & Fellowships Application System to complete an application. 

A username and password prevously set up through online profile registration at  My.AmericanHeart for Professionals will be necessary to access the Application System.  If you have not created an online profile yet, please visit My.AmericanHeart for Professionals to create an online member profile before accessing the Council Awards Application System.  AHA Professional Members who are creating an online profile for the first time should make sure to register using their AHA membership identification numbers.

AHA Professional Membership is required of all applicants for this award.  If you are joining the AHA to apply, please wait on your AHA membership number to arrive from AHA Member Services via e-mail before creating an online profile and starting your application file.  We suggest that new members join the AHA no later than July 30 for the membership number to be processed and delivered in time for the application deadline.

The winners will each receive a $500 travel stipend to use to help defray travel costs to attend Scientific Sessions and present their research. Up to six awards from the pool of eligible applicants may be presented.