SLEEP Travel Grant for Sleep Technologists and Advanced Practice Providers

Issue Date: January 8, 2024
Application Due Date: February 19, 2024
Grant Selection Notification: By May 1, 2024
Amount of Grant: $2,000 travel stipend to be used for SLEEP 2024 travel and registration expenses.

The AASM Foundation invests in people, research, and communities to improve the sleep health of all people. Our core values include creating inclusive and collaborative opportunities, such as the SLEEP Travel Grant for Sleep Technologists and Advanced Practice Providers.

The SLEEP Travel Grant for Sleep Technologists and Advanced Practice Providers supports first-time attendance at the SLEEP meeting for non-physician members of the sleep team, such as sleep technologists and advanced practice providers. As part of our dedication to fostering opportunities to engage with others within the sleep community, grant recipients will also be able to participate in a special networking activity at SLEEP 2025.

This AASM Foundation SLEEP Travel Grant for Sleep Technologists and Advanced Practice Providers is funded in part by a generous individual.

The SLEEP Travel Grant for Sleep Technologists and Advanced Practice Providers offers a $2,000 grant to be used for SLEEP 2024 travel and registration expenses.

The following individuals are eligible to apply:

  • AASM members who are registered sleep technologists (or eligible to sit for the registry examination) or advanced practice providers.

The following individuals are NOT eligible to apply:

  • Current AASM and AASM Foundation Board of Directors members are not eligible to apply.

The AASM Foundation Development Council will evaluate and score all submitted applications. Factors, from the personal statement, that will be taken into consideration include:

  1. Commitment to Sleep Health
  2. Impact to Professional Development
  3. Need

Please note that grants will prioritize first-time attendance for sleep team members, and we strongly encourage indicating this in the application.

Frequently asked questions for our grant programs can be found here.

We encourage individuals who are planning to submit an application to contact us early in the application process with questions. Eligibility questions may need to be reviewed by a member of the AASM Foundation Executive Committee, so please allow for at least a 1-week response time for eligibility questions. For all other inquiries, please allow a minimum of two business days for a response. Please note that questions received within 48 hours of an application deadline may not be answered before the deadline.