The AASM Foundation believes in the importance of growing the number of clinical sleep scientists across several diverse sleep research areas. This fall, the AASM Foundation and Research Career Development Committee hosted the second webinar of the Sleep Research Career Pathways: A Panel Discussion [...]
The Sleep Research Program for Advancing Careers (SOAR) is a program that pairs fellows with seasoned mentors with a goal to launch the research careers of sleep and circadian investigators. By the end of the program, early career investigators will have the skills [...]
The AASM Foundation recognizes that our vision of healthier lives through better sleep is impossible without the tremendous work of the sleep research community. Increasing the pipeline of physicians to sleep physicians is important to us. That’s why we go a step further than [...]
The COVID-19 Relief Funding for AASM Foundation Grant Recipients was established in May 2020 to support grant recipients with currently active AASM Foundation projects to offset some of the additional expenses that may have been, or would be, incurred due to the unanticipated effects [...]
National Hispanic Heritage Month, held from September 15 to October 15, celebrates the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Hispanics/Latinx are a growing minority population in the US, that [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Foundation announced today that it has awarded four $10,000 scholarships to U.S. medical students through the American Medical Association Foundation (AMAF) Physicians of Tomorrow program. The AASM Foundation and AMAF scholarship is awarded to academically excellent medical [...]
Each year when summer comes to an end, the back-to-school season seems to creep up on students, parents, and teachers without warning. While students scramble to figure out schedules, learn class material, and plan time to do homework, their sleep can oftentimes be overlooked. [...]
The AASM Foundation is accepting applications for the Young Investigators Research Forum 2023. This research training program is designed to provide guidance, tactics and strategies to better position early career investigators for a successful career in circadian and sleep research. The Young Investigators Research [...]
As leaders in the sleep medicine field, the AASM Foundation and Hypersomnia Foundation share a common goal: promote the research and discovery of new ways to improve the lives of those with sleep disorders. Because of this shared passion, these two foundations have come [...]
The Strategic Research Grant program supports investigator-initiated, high-impact research projects aimed at addressing gaps in knowledge that impact the ability to provide optimal, patient-centered, cost-effective diagnosis and care for patients with sleep disorders. In 2022, there were four unique requests for applications (RFAs): [...]
