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APIC25 Domestic Travel Grant Sponsored by Clorox Healthcare

The application period for the APIC25 International Travel Grant is now closed.

This travel grant program was created in partnership with Clorox Healthcare, an APIC Strategic Partner since 2009, to provide access to five (5) IPs in underserved communities within the U.S. and regions hit by natural disasters to attend the APIC Annual Conference for the first time. Recipients will gain valuable knowledge in infection prevention and control, learn from leaders in the field, and gain exposure to the latest IPC products and services. IPs from all care settings including, but not limited to, acute care, ambulatory care, long-term care, and ASC facilities, are eligible to apply. 

Applicants must be: (a) Working in the U.S.; (b) Working in an underserved area/population as designated by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as having too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty or a high elderly population; (c) APIC Member; (d) First-time in-person APIC Annual Conference attendee; and (e) Agree to APIC’s COVID safety protocols and requirements for the in-person conference. 

Recipients will receive: (a) Round-trip (coach) travel to APIC25, (b) Hotel accommodations for three (3) nights (room & tax), (c) Conference registration, and (d) Special ribbon designating them as an award recipient. 

Travel grant recipients are ineligible to collect continuing education (CE) credits at the APIC Annual Conference. Recipients are eligible to collect infection prevention units (IPUs) at the APIC Annual Conference. 

• Application Opens: December 4, 2024
• Application Deadline: January 16, 2025 
• Recipients will be announced by February 12, 2025 

APIC26 International Travel Grant 

The application period for the APIC26 International Travel Grant is now open! You can apply at apic.org/annual-conference-international-travel-grant/
 
The APIC Annual Conference International Travel Grant program aims to provide access to IPs who champion for infection control and who are currently living and/or working in their home country to attend the APIC Annual Conference. 
 
Award Criteria: 

• International professional currently living and working in low-income and middle-low-income countries (required) 
• Established clinical and/or academic work in infection prevention and control (required) 
• APIC membership (preferred) 
• Certification/credentialing in infection control (preferred) 
• May be at any stage of career working in IPC 
• Has not attended an APIC Annual Conference previously, or not in the past two years (preferred) 

Award Terms: 

• Become an APIC Ambassador (required) 
• Introduce APIC to colleagues/peers in home country (required) 
• Participate fully during APIC26 Annual Conference (required) 
• APIC will provide visa letter (required); the award recipient is responsible for obtaining all entry requirements (i.e. Visa) 
• Award is non-transferable and cannot be applied to another APIC Annual Conference 

Awardees will receive: Round-trip (coach) travel to APIC26 in Nashville, Tennessee; Hotel Accommodations (room and tax only) for up to 4 nights; One (1) Full Conference registration to APIC26 Annual Conference; Special ribbon designation.