ASPEN is pleased to announce the following travel awards to support conference and travel expenses for 23 ASPEN25 attendees. These grants provide clinicians with educational opportunities to further their knowledge of nutrition support, enhance their skills, and network with colleagues and experts from around the world.
Travel Award applications for 2025 are now closed.
Travel Award for Neonatal Fellows
Sponsored by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition
This travel award is designed to provide education and training to four (4) current Neonatal Fellows. This grant will allow recipients a space to network specifically with peers in their area of practice, to grow their knowledge base, collaborate on research opportunities and increase their awareness of ASPEN and how it might support their practice and career.
Grant recipients receive recognition at the Medical Practice Section Forum and up to $2,000 in reimbursement funds, to include:
- Four nights lodging at an ASPEN-contracted hotel.
- Complimentary registration fee for ASPEN25 (in person).
- Complimentary registration fee for the Nutrition for the Practicing Pediatric Clinician Preconference Course.
- Funds remaining may go to additional travel costs.
- ASPEN membership fee for new members
Applicants must be a U.S.- or Canada-based Neonatal Fellow at the time of the annual meeting and agree to prepare a 3–5-minute presentation of their ASPEN conference experience and be willing to be recorded for internal ASPEN use. Completed applications must be submitted by December 2, 2024.
Submit a completed grant application, current CV, and a statement on a specific interest in neonatal nutrition and how attending the ASPEN 2025 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference will support this interest and advance the applicant’s career in the neonatal nutrition field.
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Travel Award for Pediatric GI Fellows
Sponsored by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition
This travel award is designed to provide education and training to four (4) current Fellows with focus and primary responsibilities working with pediatric gastrointestinal (peds GI) patients. This grant will allow recipients a space to network specifically with peers in their area of practice, to grow their knowledge base, collaborate on research opportunities and increase their awareness of ASPEN and how it might support their practice and career.
Grant recipients receive recognition at the Medical Practice Section Forum and up to $2,000 in reimbursement funds, to include:
- Four nights lodging at an ASPEN contracted hotel.
- Complimentary registration fee for ASPEN25 (in-person).
- Complimentary registration fee for the Nutrition Support for the Practicing Pediatric Clinician preconference course.
- Funds remaining may go to additional travel costs.
- ASPEN membership fee for new members
Applicants must be a U.S.- or Canada-based Peds GI Fellow at the time of the annual meeting and agree to prepare a 3–5-minute presentation of their ASPEN conference experience and be willing to be recorded for internal ASPEN use.
To apply, submit a completed grant application, current CV, and a statement on a specific interest in neonatal nutrition and how attending the ASPEN 2025 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference will support this interest and advance the applicant’s career in the pediatric gastrointestinal nutrition field.
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Dietitians Travel Award
Sponsored by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition
ASPEN25 conference and travel expenses of $1,800 will be awarded to five (5) registered dietitians with primary responsibilities in the NICU.
Reimbursement funds will be applied to:
- ASPEN membership fee for first-time members
- Registration for the Nutrition for the Practicing Pediatric Clinician preconference course
- Main conference in-person registration, travel costs, and hotel
Applicants must be a registered dietitian with a focus and primary responsibilities in the NICU, Practice in the U.S. or Canada, and be a member of ASPEN. Recipients can use a portion of the grant money for the membership fees if a first-time member attends the ASPEN25 conference and NPPC preconference course in person in Columbus, Ohio.
Applications for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Dietitians Travel Award are now closed.
Preference will be given to applicants who are early-career RDNs (less than 10 years of specialization in neonatal nutrition), submitted a scientific abstract to the ASPEN 2025 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference OR are involved in research in their hospital.
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Pediatric GI Dietitians Grant
Sponsored by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition
Five (5) registered dietitians whose primary responsibility is pediatric gastrointestinal (peds GI) patients will be supported with $1,800 to attend the ASPEN25 conference.
Reimbursement funds will be applied to:
- ASPEN membership fee for first-time members
- Registration for the Nutrition for the Practicing Pediatric Clinician preconference course
- Main conference in-person registration, travel costs, and hotel
Applicants must be registered dietitians with a focus and primary responsibility in working with pediatric gastrointestinal (peds GI) patients, practice in the US or Canada, Attend the ASPEN25 conference and NPPC preconference course in person in Columbus, Ohio, and be members of ASPEN (recipients can use a portion of the grant money for membership fees if they are a first-time member).
Applications for the Pediatric GI Dietitians Grant are now closed.
Preference will be given to applicants who are early career RDNs (less than 10 years of specialty in pediatric GI), and submitted a scientific abstract to the ASPEN 2025 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference OR are involved in research in their hospital.
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Global PN Fellowship
Applications are now being accepted for the Global PN Fellowship. Learn more about the Fellowship.