Registration Award & Grant Opportunities

ASN is committed to making NUTRITION 2023 accessible to everyone who wishes to participate.  By minimizing financial barriers, we ensure the best components of ASN’s annual flagship meeting — learning, connecting and sharing — are accessible to all.

Family Support Grants

ASN is committed to being family friendly and providing an open and inclusive learning environment. We understand how family care responsibilities can make it difficult to fully participate in meetings. Therefore, we are proud to offer grants to help facilitate your participation. 

This year, Family Support Grants will be offered to scientists attending or presenting at NUTRITION 2023 to off-set caregiving expenses for dependent children or family members.  

A NUTRITION 2023 Family Support Grant is a reimbursable allowance up to a maximum of $100 which can be applied towards expenses incurred by an attendee for the caregiving of dependent children or family members by another individual. Please note that if a grant is given, documentation of the caregiving expenses must be provided to ASN. 

ASN’s Family Support Grant program was recognized with a 2022 Power of Associations Silver Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), an honor that recognizes associations for innovative activities that further professional advancement. An article on ASN’s Family Support Grant program was recently published in Current Developments in Nutrition. Data will continue to be collected to evaluate the program. 

Please see below for full details about the eligibility criteria and application process.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

ASN members may apply if the member:

• • Is attending NUTRITION 2023

• • Is presenting an accepted abstract at NUTRITION 2023

• • Is an invited speaker for NUTRITION 2023; and/or

• • Currently serves in an ASN leadership role (e.g., member of ASN committee or GEM governing body).

Only one parent or caregiver from each family may apply for a grant and only one grant per family may be awarded.

Priority will be given to ASN members who are students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career scientists.

International applicants welcome.  

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Review the eligibility criteria.
• Click Here to submit the online application.
• Applications will be accepted through June 12, 2023, 11:59 PM ET
• Grant recipients will be announced no later than June 19, 2023.

Individuals who receive a Family Support Grant will be required to submit all financial documentation of caregiving expenses to ASN by August 14, 2023.

Registration Reduction/Hardship Waiver Application

To offset the cost of registration to NUTRITION 2023 for those who have been financially impacted such that they are otherwise unable to attend, or the full registration fee would present a hardship, ASN has established a Registration Reduction/Hardship Waiver.

Registration Reduction/Waivers are available to ASN Members and Non-Members.  Applications are subject to approval and awards are limited to available funding.  Priority will be given to applicants participating in the conference program.  

For consideration, please complete and submit an application by April 20, 2023.  Award recipients will be announced no later than April 27, 2023.  

Scholarships for Individuals from Underrepresented Groups

ASN is committed to supporting the advancement of individuals from underrepresented groups in the field of nutrition and encourages engagement through participation in its education and professional development programs, including its annual flagship meeting, NUTRITION 2023.  

If you are researcher, academic, clinician, scientist or investigator in the field of nutrition science from an underrepresented group, you may be eligible for a scholarship to attend NUTRITION 2023 made possible by the ASNF and the generous support of its donors.

This scholarship is open to ASN members and nonmembers. Applicants should consider the scholarship criteria before applying.

For consideration, please complete and submit an application by April 20, 2023.  Award recipients will be announced no later than April  27, 2023.  

SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA

Applicants must:

• Be a member of a nationally underrepresented group in biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences (Women, individuals with disabilities, individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, and individuals from the following racial and ethnic categories:  American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino.)
• Be interested in membership in the American Society for Nutrition

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Review the scholarship criteria.
• Click Here to submit the online application.
• Applications will be accepted through April 20, 2023.
• Award recipients will be announced no later than April 27, 2023.