The AASM Foundation Sleep Champion Award celebrates the sleep health services and education provided by non-profit organizations. To be selected for the Sleep Champion Award, a non-profit organization must show a strong passion for healthy sleep and be nominated by an AASM member. This [...]
The Sleep Medicine Fellow Funding Grant provides funds to start or maintain a sleep medicine fellowship position in an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited program. The goal of this grant is to provide funds for a one-year sleep medicine fellowship position, that [...]
The AASM Foundation believes in the importance of growing the number of sleep clinical scientists across several diverse sleep research domains. This summer, the AASM Foundation is launching an initiative to do so through a new webinar series: Sleep Research Career Pathways: A Panel [...]
The AASM Foundation is dedicated to developing the careers of sleep and circadian investigators by increasing support for sleep and circadian investigators at various stages of their careers. In 2022, the AASM Foundation awarded more than half a million dollars to support projects [...]
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are a growing public health crisis and individuals with these diseases often have sleep and circadian disturbances. Find out more about the latest management strategies for these patients and areas of research by attending this session at SLEEP 2022. [...]
Arvind Chandrakantan, MD, MBA is a pediatric anesthesiologist and recipient of the AASM Foundation Bridge to Success Grant for Early Career Investigators. Learn more about his research interests and newly funded career development grant. Arvind Chandrakantan, MD, MBA is an associate professor of anesthesiology [...]
The AASM Foundation is joining the World Sleep Society to celebrate Word Sleep Day with an interactive activity for children and their parents and/or caregivers. This toolkit includes links to free educational resources and two coloring pages for kids to fill in with crayons, [...]
On November 10, 2021, AASM Foundation President, Anita V. Shelgikar, MD, MHPE, and her co-host, Logan Schneider, MD, hosted our second annual virtual Friendsgiving event: The Future of Sleep is Bright. The Friendsgiving program featured some uplifting stories that focus [...]
To ensure that there is continued advancement in effective diagnosis and care of patients with sleep disorders, the AASM Foundation provides research funding through the Strategic Research Grant. This grant program supports investigator-initiated, high-impact research projects aimed at addressing gaps in knowledge that impact [...]
The AASM Foundation is committed to developing the careers of sleep and circadian investigators. To meet this goal, the AASM Foundation encourages and supports the development of a diverse and well-trained sleep and circadian research workforce. In early 2021, the AASM Foundation launched [...]
