Caregiver Travel Grant | Association for Applied Sport Psychology

Caregiver Travel Grant

Application can be obtainable when convention registration opens in July.

New for 2026, the AASP Annual Conference Caregiver Travel Grant is meant to extend the accessibility of the AASP Annual Conference and reduce obstacles to participation for members with disabilities, persistent sickness, or different help wants who journey with a caregiver.

Attending conferences usually requires people who have to journey with a caregiver to make use of further monetary assets for journey, lodging, caregiver charges, and associated bills, which might considerably improve their general prices. The goal of this grant is to assist offset these further prices so members can totally take part within the convention.

Conference attendees can apply for as much as $1,000 yearly. Funds are supposed to help caregiver travel-related bills, reminiscent of transportation and lodging. Please be aware that caregivers should not required to register for the convention to accompany the attendee. 

Our sincerest gratitude to the Conference Planning Committee, Advocacy Committee, and Finance Committee for his or her dedication to bettering convention accessibility and inclusion by this grant.

Call for Applications

The Conference Planning Committee inside the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) invitations functions for the Caregiver Travel Grant to help convention attendees who journey with a caregiver.

Award Amount
Up to $1,000 per award

Funds could also be used to offset caregiver journey bills, together with however not restricted to:

• Airfare or floor transportation
• Lodging bills
• Other travel-related prices needed for the caregiver to accompany the attendee

Grant cash can be distributed after the convention by way of examine to the grant recipient. The grant recipient should attend the convention in particular person so as to obtain the funds.

Eligibility
Applicants should:

• Be an AASP member
• Be registered or planning to register for the AASP Annual Conference
• Require a caregiver to journey with them because of incapacity, well being wants, or different help necessities
• Reminder, caregivers don’t have to register for the convention (together with tickets to opening and shutting reception), so candidates don’t have to funds for convention registration as a part of the grant.

Application Requirements
Applicants are requested to supply:

• Name and call data
• AASP membership standing
• Confirmation of convention attendance or intent to attend
  • If not registered for the convention on the time of software submission, will submit proof of registration inside 30 days of receiving the grant
• A quick assertion (150–300 phrases) describing:
  • How the grant would help your capability to attend the convention
  • Ways by which having a caregiver eases your convention expertise
• Estimated caregiver journey prices (specifically, transportation and lodging)

Application Deadline
Applications can be reviewed on a rolling foundation till funds are exhausted.
Applicants are inspired to use early, as grants could also be awarded on a first-come, first-served foundation. 

Application Review Process
Applications can be reviewed by the Chair of the Conference Planning Committee (the Scientific Program Division Head), and Chair of the Diversity Committee (member of the Conference Planning Committee). 

Our caregiver grant exists to take away obstacles to attendance, to not rank or examine wants. There is not any analysis of whose state of affairs is harder or deserving. Instead, functions are reviewed as as to whether or not they meet the appliance necessities. 

Notification
Applicants can be notified of their award standing after assessment. Please be aware, recipients of this award will stay confidential; names is not going to be shard publicly to guard recipient privateness.