The Call for Awards is now closed.
AMERSA is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion at AMERSA events. The conference awards aim to increase participation of educators, researchers and clinicians from historically excluded and underrepresented groups, pre-professional students and early career professionals and community professionals and within underrepresented disciplines for whom registration costs may have historically prohibited conference participation.
To donate to these funds, please visit our donation page here and select Scholarship Fund from the drop down menu on the form.
AMERSA Conference Award
- Full conference registration and $500 travel stipend
- Priority to those with an accepted abstract or workshop
Growing a Diverse Workforce Award
- Sponsorship of the conference including registration, hotel lodging, and flight cost up to $2,000
- 1-year AMERSA membership
- Participate in a year-long AMERSA mentor-mentee program
- Option for second-year renewal to individuals who get accepted to present an abstract or workshop and agree to continue in the AMERSA mentor-mentee program for a second year
- We encourage recipients to participate in an AMERSA special interest group or committee
Community Professional Conference Award
- Community Professional Conference Award
- Full conference registration and $500 travel stipend
- Eligible applicants include anyone for whom registration and travel costs would prohibit conference attendance
Sid Schnoll Conference Scholarship
This scholarship was created to support conference attendance for individuals working in the interface between substance use and pain and perinatal substance use. Candidates will be from disciplines or specialties that are underrepresented at AMERSA and have an accepted abstract in the focal area. The scholarship can be applied for during the online abstract submission process.
Multidisciplinary Engagement Award
This professional development scholarship is specifically tailored for members of the multidisciplinary health care team who are not compensated as highly as other disciplines; specifically this applies to nurses, social workers, community health workers, peer recovery specialists, and substance use / addiction counselors.
Our 4 awards are guided by the following priorities:
- Increase participation of educators, researchers and clinicians from historically excluded and underrepresented groups, including:
- Racial/ethnic minorities (see NIH definition)
- LGBTQIA+ communities
- Lived experience of substance use disorder
- First-generation students (parents or guardians did not attend a college equivalent program)
- Support conference participation by pre-professional students and early career professionals, including:
- Students in health professional programs or equivalent certificate programs, in the fields of pharmacy, medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, and public health
- Early career health professionals in their first two-years of practice after completing residency or certificate programs (including advance practice providers)
- Increase attendance among community professionals and within underrepresented disciplines for whom registration costs may have historically prohibited conference participation, including:
- Peer Recovery Coaches/Certified Peer Specialists, Community Health Workers, Community Support Specialists, Case Managers, Community Health Educators, Substance Use/Addiction Counselors, Social Workers, Pharmacists, Nurses and those in frontline positions in safety net community medical and/or behavioral health settings