Technologist Travel Award

The AMP Technologist Travel Award provides travel assistance to the Annual Meeting & Expo for up to three (3) selected AMP member technologists who do not receive travel support from their institutions.

Award Amount: $1,500

Application Requirements

The Applicant must:

Be an AMP member.
Work currently in the clinical molecular diagnostics field as a technologist. "Technologist" can include clinical or R&D technologists/assistants.
Have not received this travel award in the past 3 years.
Receive no funding for travel and/or registration to the Annual Meeting & Expo from their institution (communication from the lab director required).
Submit a brief report within a month of the conclusion of the Annual Meeting & Expo on what was learned by attending. This will give favorable visibility to the award and to the value of providing molecular diagnostics continuing education for technologists.
Authorship on an abstract is preferred but not required.
Agree to attend the Business/Awards Session at the Annual Meeting & Expo in order to accept the award personally.

Application Process

Application Deadline: July 23, 2021