ASM Peggy Cotter Award to attend MICROBE 2025 in Los Angeles, CA

The asm peggy cotter travel award program

The ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award Program for Early Career Branch Members provides $1650 in funds for outstanding early career branch members to attend ASM Microbe.

Definition of Early Career: For the purposes of this award, “early career” includes:

a. Postdoctoral fellows (up to 15-years beyond terminal degree).

b. CLS-MLT-MLS Bench Techs (up to 15-years beyond terminal degree).

c. Early Career Faculty (either tenure track or non-tenure track; e.g., Assistant Professors, Research Assistant Professors, Visiting Assistant Professors, etc.) (up to 15years beyond terminal degree).

d. Early-Stage Investigators (ESI’s) (up to 15-years beyond terminal degree).

e. Other – as determined by Branch, but only individuals who are up to 15-years beyond terminal degree.

f. NOTE – Students are NOT eligible for this award.

g. EXCEPTIONS – Exceptions to the 15-year time limit may be made in special circumstances on a case-by-case basis (e.g., career delays caused by taking parental leave to care for children).

Past recipients of this travel award are NOT eligible to receive the award again. Awardees will use the awards to pay for registration, accommodation and travel costs associated with attending ASM Microbe.

Please refer to and complete the following application form in order to be considered for the award. Questions about this program should be directed to Dr. Kim James, FLASM President (kijames@fgcu.edu).