Junior Investigator Travel Grants for ISC

The International Stroke Conference 2026 Travel Awards for Junior Investigators encourage and support the efforts of early career investigators in cerebrovascular disease research and encourage participation in the International Stroke Conference by providing travel funds to attend the International Stroke Conference 2026, present research in oral or poster format, and engage in discussion with senior investigators.

Criteria

The applicant must meet the following criteria to be considered for this award:

  • Be a member of the American Heart Association (membership number required to complete award application).
  • Be working in any area of research concerned with cerebrovascular disease.
  • Be in training as an undergraduate or pre-doctoral student; OR a resident or fellow who is in training or who has completed training only within the last 3 years.
  • Be accepted for oral or poster abstract presentation at ISC 2026.
  • Applicants may apply for a travel award multiple times with different abstracts provided that the applicant is the presenting author on each abstract. However, an applicant is eligible to receive only one travel award, even if multiple abstracts are accepted.
  • The applicant’s mentor must endorse the application in a supporting statement. The supporting statement from the mentor should describe:
    • why this candidate should receive an ISC junior investigator award
    • the applicant's role in designing, executing, and analyzing the research in the submitted abstract
  • Only one candidate per mentor will be given an award.
  • Winners are not eligible to re-enter the competition in subsequent years.
  • There are no citizenship requirements.

Prize

Several awards ($1,000 each) for conference travel will be made to junior investigators. (Please see definition for Junior Investigator in the Criteria section above.)

Evaluation Criteria

All abstracts submitted for this award will be evaluated for scientific merit by a review committee. Notification of the competition results will be made in late October 2025.

How to Apply

The applicant must:

  1. Submit an original abstract to the International Stroke Conference 2026. The abstract must be in accordance with the rules and regulations for submitting abstracts and must have been submitted by the abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 11:59 PM CDT.
  2. Select the "ISC Junior Investigator Travel Award" in the ISC 2026 abstract submission process:
  3. By  Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 11:59 PM CDT the following Supporting Documents must be submitted by uploading into the ISC 2026 abstract submission system (at the Properties – Awards step):
    1. A supporting statement from the applicant’s mentor. This should include:
      1. why this candidate should receive an ISC junior investigator award
      2. the applicant's role in designing, executing, and analyzing the research in the submitted abstract
    2. A complete curriculum vitae, including bibliography and AHA Membership number, and clear documentation demonstrating that the applicant meets the definition of Junior Investigator outlined in the Criteria section above.

Application Deadline

  • Abstracts AND supporting documents (if required) must be submitted by Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 11:59 PM CDT.

For questions, please contact:
Ashley Savage at [email protected]
214.706.1009