Annual Meeting

Health Professional Student Travel Scholarship

The Society for Adolescent Medicine (soon to be the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine) is pleased to announce our third annual call for applications for the Health Professional Student Travel Scholarship.  All students interested in pursuing a career in adolescent health or medicine are encouraged to apply. 

Awards will consist of $500 to offset travel costs to the 2010 SAM Annual Meeting on April 7-10 in Toronto, Canada, and a complimentary subscription to the Journal of Adolescent Health for one year.

Up to 10 awards will be given.

Eligibility Criteria

  • All undergraduate or graduate students, medical students and medical residents are encouraged to apply.
  • Applicants may NOT be on federally funded sponsored education or training grants that include travel support.
  • Awardees are expected to attend the 2010 SAM Annual Meeting in Toronto, on April 7-10.
  • Previous awardees are excluded from applying.
  • Only one applicant per school/program/institution will be chosen.

Application Process:  Please submit the following materials

  • Completed application
  • Current CV or résumé 
  • Application letter (maximum of 350 words) expressing why SAM should provide you with a travel scholarship, including your educational and career goals, interest in adolescent health, interest in SAM, desire to join SAM and/or obtain mentorship in adolescent health or medicine, and desired information or experience to be gained from attending SAM’s Annual Meeting
  • A letter of support from a faculty member who can comment on your desire to explore the field of adolescent health and medicine, and who can outline the reasons why you should receive this award.  The letter should indicate how long and in what capacity the faculty and applicant have known each other.  The faculty sponsor need not be a member of SAM.

Submissions are no longer being accepted. The submission deadline passed on January 5, 2010. If you have questions, contact Executive Director Debbie Trueblood. 

The SAM Health Professional Student Travel Scholarship Committee:

Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD
Debra Katzman, MD
Vaughn I. Rickert, PsyD
Anita Robinson, MD