Research Grants
The ISTM Research Award program provides moderate grants (typical awards will be in the range of USD 5,000 to 10,000 although a single grant of USD 20,000 will be considered for exceptional proposals) each year through a peer-review process implemented by the ISTM Research and Grants Committee. These grants are designed to stimulate travel medicine research by supporting comprehensive research projects or, for larger projects, providing support for pilot studies to enable researchers to collect data/test hypotheses so that they can then apply to other agencies for more substantive research grants.
Grant requirements include:
- Research must be travel medicine oriented.
- Application and protocol proposal must be scientifically sound and must be in accordance with international ethical guidelines.
- There must be no conflicts of interest for any of the investigators who apply for research funding.
- Grant applicants must be ISTM Members in good standing
Applications are invited for projects which can be realistically completed with ISTM grant money alone.
Award recipients are expected to provide updates to the ISTM every 6 months. The research project should be completed within 2 years of money receipt, and published within one year of project completion. All awardees are expected to present their data to the scientific community, and are encouraged to publish their findings in the Journal of Travel Medicine.
The 2011-2012 Awards Application Period is now closed. The 2012-2013 Awards Application Period is scheduled to be activated in August of 2012.