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Please join ARO in congratulating the 2024 Travel Awardees for the 47th Annual MidWinter Meeting! Meet the awardees by clicking the button below!

Applications for ARO Travel Awards 

The Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) announces that travel awards applications are being accepted to attend the 2025 ARO MidWinter Meeting being held on February 21-26, 2025 in Orlando, FL. The travel award value will be $500 for U.S. and Canada based awardees and $750 for internationally located awardees. The submissions will open again for the 2025 MidWinter Meeting on July 31, 2024.

Eligible applications will be reviewed and scored by the Travel Awards Committee. The highest scoring applicant in each category will be awarded a Don Henderson Travel Award of $1,500.

The purpose of the travel award program is to support trainees in attending the Midwinter Meeting and becoming active members in the ARO community. The funds for travel awards come from generous donations from various companies and institutions.

The ARO is committed to inclusiveness, as such individuals with a disability (e.g. loss of hearing, vision, or mobility, as well as individuals with a psychiatric or learning disability) and individuals from groups historically under-represented in the biomedical sciences (e.g. African American, Hispanic, Native American, Alaskan native, or Pacific Islander) are highly encouraged to apply.

 

Submission Guidelines Listed by Category Below

Audiologist Travel Awards

Eligibility criteria:

  • Applicants must be current ARO members at the time of application, and at the time of the MidWinter Meeting.
  • Applicants must be full-time audiology graduate students or audiology postdoctoral research fellows carrying out research pertinent to the interests of ARO.
  • Applicants must submit a first-author abstract for review along with their application materials.
  • Applicants must attend the MidWinter meeting in person to receive travel award funds.

Application procedure:

  • Applicants must complete the electronic application form.
  • Applicants must write a brief statement about why you wish to attend and what you hope to achieve at the ARO MidWinter Meeting. (max 500 words)
  • Applicants must upload a Curriculum Vitae.
  • Letters of recommendation are NOT required, however if more than one applicant comes from a group/program, the supervisor/director/chairperson may be asked to prioritize applicants.
Resident / Medical Student Travel Awards

Eligibility criteria:

  • Applicants must be current ARO members at the time of application, and at the time of the MidWinter Meeting.
  • Applicants must be a Resident in Otolaryngology or a medical student (Note: Post-doctoral clinical or research fellows are not eligible for this award).
  • Applicants must submit a first-author abstract for review along with their application materials.
  • Applicants must attend the MidWinter meeting in person to receive travel award funds.

Application procedure:

  • Applicants must complete the electronic application form.
  • Applicants must write a brief statement about why you wish to attend and what you hope to achieve at the ARO MidWinter Meeting. (max 500 words)
  • Applicants must upload a Curriculum Vitae.
  • Letters of recommendation are NOT required, however if more than one applicant comes from a group/program, the supervisor/director/chairperson may be asked to prioritize applicants.

Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process by November 2023. For more information, contact the ARO Executive Office at headquarters@aro.org

 

Graduate Student Travel Awards

Eligibility criteria:

  • Applicants must be current ARO members at the time of application, and at the time of the MidWinter Meeting.
  • Applicants must be full-time graduate students carrying out research pertinent to the interests of the ARO (Note: Postdoctoral Fellows, Medical students / Residents and Audiologists should NOT apply under this category).
  • Applicants must submit a first-author abstract for review along with their application materials.
  • Applicants must attend the MidWinter meeting in person to receive travel award funds.

Application procedure:

  • Applicants must complete the electronic application form.
  • Applicants must write a brief statement about why you wish to attend and what you hope to achieve at the ARO MidWinter Meeting. (max 500 words).
  • Applicants must upload a Curriculum Vitae.
  • Letters of recommendation are NOT required, however if more than one applicant comes from a group/program, the supervisor/director/chairperson may be asked to prioritize applicants.

Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process by November 2023. For more information, contact the ARO Executive Office at headquarters@aro.org

 

Post-Doctoral Travel Awards

Eligibility criteria:

  • Applicants must be current ARO members at the time of application, and at the time of the MidWinter Meeting.
  • Applicants must be post-doctoral fellows carrying out research pertinent to the interests of the ARO, and not have a research-track, or tenure-track faculty appointment.
  • Applicants must submit a first-author abstract for review along with their application materials.
  • Applicants must attend the MidWinter meeting in person to receive travel award funds.

Application procedure:

  • Applicants must complete the electronic application form.
  • Applicants must write a brief statement about why you wish to attend and what you hope to achieve at the ARO MidWinter Meeting. (max 500 words)
  • Applicants must upload a Curriculum Vitae.
  • Letters of recommendation are NOT required, however if more than one applicant comes from a group/program, the supervisor/director/chairperson may be asked to prioritize applicants.

Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process by November 2023. For more information, contact the ARO Executive Office at headquarters@aro.org

 

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

The ARO Virtual Travel Awards are possible due to the generous donations of our sponsors. Thank you to the Henderson family for your continued support of ARO travel awardees via the Don Henderson Travel Award fund.