Caring for Dependents Travel Awards
Caring for Dependent(s) (CFD) Travel Awards are for Mass General faculty who need help defraying additional dependent care expenses while traveling to an academic/society meeting.
Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development
Is caring for a child/dependent making it harder to travel and advance in your career?
Recognizing that one of the obstacles to career advancement is the challenge of traveling while caring for children/dependent(s), the Center for Faculty Development established the Caring For Dependent(s) (CFD) Awards to help you travel. This $500 award* is intended to help defray additional care expenses, (e.g., extended day care, extended elder care, caregiver travel) while the faculty member is traveling to an academic/society meeting which is directly related to his/her academic advancement.
Application Guidelines
- The CFD Travel Awards provide funding to help make travel to an academic/society meeting directly related to his/her academic advancement possible.
- The applicant must have plans to attend a professional meeting within the timeframe stated in the official Call for Applications.
- Faculty must apply in advance of the trip that requires support and may not receive support for an event that has already occurred.
- To ensure full consideration for the award, the online application must be completed in its entirety, including submitting a copy of your CV.
Please note: only completed applications will be considered. - These awards are specifically allocated to the conference stated on your application, and may not be transferred to another academic/society meeting.
Eligibility
- MD, PhD, or equivalent advanced degree.
- Academic appointment at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level at Harvard Medical School.
- Primary appointment at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
- Responsible for care of children/dependent(s).
- Trip must be an academic/society professional meeting for the purpose of advancing the faculty member's career (e.g., presenting at an academic/society meeting [abstract/paper/poster] or receiving a society award/honor).
Award Expenditures
- Awards may be used for the following:
- Awards may be used for the following expenses listed in the budget outline on your application:<
- Travel expenses for children/dependent(s)
- Travel expenses for children/dependent(s)'s caregiver during trip with the sole purpose of caring for the children/dependent(s).
- Expenses for additional child/dependent care at home during the trip
- Expenses for child/dependent care at meeting site.
- Awards may not be used for the following:
- Conference registration
- Personal travel expenses for faculty member
- Payment to family members (including in-laws) for child/dependent care expenses
- Other expenses not associated to the additional care or travel of the children/dependent(s)
- Support is considered taxable income under Federal Tax Law
- Awardees must provide original receipts and/or invoices in order to receive payment under Mass General Brigham's policies and must attest that these expenses were used for child/dependent travel or additional care
- Amount of payment will not exceed $500 of incurred expenses
- Forms and documentation of expenses must be submitted within 30 days of the travel return date
Information Requested
- Demographics
- Conference Information
- Specifics on how attending this conference will advance your career and
academic rank - Child/dependent care arrangement description
- Budget outlining how this award will be used (e.g., extended day care, extended elder care, caregiver travel).
List of Award Recipients
2020 Round 1 - Travel between April and August 2020
| Shinn-Huey Chou, MD | Kevin Gipson, MD | McKinley Glover, MD, MHS | Melanie Haines, MD |
| Thomas Heyne, MD, MSt | Rachel Millstein, PhD, MHS | Julian Mitton, MD, MPH | |
| Sarah Wakeman, MD | Mengyu Wang, PhD | Yunhe Xie, PhD | |
| Korilyn Zachrison, MD, MSc | Lilla Zollei, PhD | Nicole Zurcher Wimmer, PhD, MSc |
2019 Round 2 - Travel between October 2019 and March 2020
| Amanda Baker, PhD | Katia Canenguez, PhD | Sharon Dekel, PhD |
| Efren Flores, MD | Zeinab Hajjarian, PhD | Sara Kalkhoran, MD |
| Hillary Kelly, MD | Hiroko Kunitake, MD | Nahyoung Grace Lee, MD |
| Chang Amber Liu, MD, MSc, FAAP | Victoria Martin, MD | Karen Nanji, MD, MPH |
| Giselle Perez, PhD | Danielle Pier, MD | Camille Powe, MD |
| Raul Uppot, MD | Yamini Virkud, MD, MA, MPH | Hui Wang, PhD |
2019 Round 1 - Travel between April and August 2019
| Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD | Marya Cohen, MD, MPH | Florian Fintelmann, MD |
| Denise Gee, MD | Jessica Gray, MD | Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD |
| April Jorge, MD | Emily Kung, MD | Jay Luther, MD |
| Rachel Millstein, PhD | Karen Nanji, MD, MPH | Aparna Parikh, MD |
| Sarita Patil, MD | Martin Purschke, PhD | Margaret Samuels-Kalow, MD |
| Davida Schiff, MD | Varsha Tanguturi, MD | Raiyan Zaman, PhD |
2018 Round 2- Travel between October 2018 and March 2019
| Emily Aaronson, MD, PhD | Hailiang Huang, PhD | Aparna Parikh, MD |
| Kiara Alvarez, PhD | Nahyoung Lee, MD | John Pezaris, PhD |
| Laura Dichtel, MD | Laura Lewis, PhD | Adam Raff, MD, PhD |
| Joyita Dutta, PhD | Jenny Linnoila, MD, PhD | Hamid Sabet, PhD |
| Pouneh Fazeli, MD | Chang Amber Liu, MD, MSc, FAAP | Lara Traeger, PhD |
| Deborah Forst, MD | Vandana Madhavan, MD | Lilla Zollei, PhD |
| Jennifer Greenberg, PsyD | Lidia Moura, MD, MPH | Sarah Wakeman, MD |
| Amanda Guidon, MD | Anne Neilan, MD, MPH |
2018 Round 1- Travel between April and August 2018
| Marya Cohen, MD, MPH | Steven Liang, PhD | Margaret Samuels-Kalow, MD |
| Clarissa Cooley, PhD | Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH | Dorothy Sippo, MD |
| Sharon Dekel, PhD | Camille Powe, MD | Margaret Tuttle, MD |
| Laura Kehoe, MD, MPH | Christina Psaros, PhD | Sarah Wakeman, MD |
| Grace Lee, MD | Fernanda Sakamoto, MD, PhD | Jia Yin, MD, PhD |
2017 Round 2- Travel between September 2017 and March 2018
| Marta Bianciardi, PhD | Raymond Liu, MD | Elizabeth Pinsky, MD |
| Yen-Lin Chen, MD | Amy Ly, MD | Gloria Salazar, MD |
| Catherine Chu, MD | Lisa Maeng, PhD | Ajay Singh, MD |
| Efren Flores, MD | Caterina Mainero, MD, PhD | Amy Yule, MD |
| Denisa Gace, DO, MPH | Giselle Perez-Lougee, PhD |
2017 Round 1- Travel between April and August 2017
| Kirstin Birtwell, PhD | Florian Fintelmann, MD | Nandini Mani, MD |
| Yin Cao, PhD | Susie Huang, MD, PhD | Christina Psaros, PhD |
| Lindsay Carter, MD | Nitya Jain, PhD | Vibha Singhal, MD |
| Joseph Ciolino, MD | Laura Kehoe, MD, MPH | Alik Widge, MD, PhD |
| Sharon Dekel, PhD | Puja Kohli, MD, MMSc | Korilyn Zachrison, MD, MSc |
| Joyita Dutta, PhD | Gina Kruse, MD | Bin Zheng, PhD |
2016 Round 2- Travel between October 2016 and March 2017
| Yelena Bodien, PhD | Joyita Dutta, PhD | Anne Neilan, MD, MPH |
| Sannisha Dale, PhD | Kelly Irwin, MD | Yakeel Quiroz, PhD |
2016 Round 1- Travel between April and August 2016
| Jessica Haberer, MD, MS | Jessica McCannon, MD | Christina Psaros, PhD |
| Raymond Liu, MD | Anne Neilan, MD, MPH | Jason Wasfy, MD |
2015 Round 2- Travel between October 2015 and March 2016
| Vicki Fung, PhD | Kate Jeffrey, PhD | Lael Yonker, MD |
| Yumiko Ishizawa, MD, PhD | Phil Lee, PhD | Amy Yule, MD |
2015 Round 1 - Travel between January and August 2015
| Annah Abrams, MD | Vera Fridman, MD | Shannon Stott, PhD |
| Martin Aryee, PhD | Anjali Kaimal, MD, MAS | |
| Sharon Dekel, PhD | Janet Lo, MD |
2014 Round 2 - Travel between July and December 2014
| Marta Bianciardi, PhD | Brian Nahed, MD | Angela Schmider, PhD |
| Hanna Gaggin, MD, MPH | Shamim Nejad, MD | Jan Schuemann, PhD |
| Sara Looby, PhD | John Pezaris, PhD | Heidi Yeh, MD |
| Lynn Matthews, MD |
2014 Round 1 - Travel between January and June 2014
| Ami Bhatt, MD | Rakesh Karmacharya, MD, PhD | Lee Park, MD |
| Allison Bryant Mantha, MD | Elizabeth Lawson, MD | Eve Valera, PhD |
| Eva Chittenden, MD | Ruth Lim, MD | |
| Cristina Cusin, MD | MingMing Ning, MD |
2013 Round 2 - Travel between July and December 2013
| Beth Costine, PhD | Xueyi Li, MD, PhD | Jennifer Wargo, MD |
| Doreen DeFaria Yeh, MD | Nina Lin, MD | Jennifer Wo, MD |
| Yumiko Ishizawa, MD, PhD | Rosalyn Nguyen, MD | |
| Amy Juliano, MD | Sadeq Quraishi, MD |
2013 Round 1 - Travel between February and July 2013
| Patricia Bachiller, MD | Deborah Kwolek, MD | Jenny Tam, PhD | Elaine Yu, MD |
| Pouneh Fazeli, MD | Sara Lazar, PhD | Eve Valera, PhD | |
| Phoebe Freer, MD | Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH | Robert Yeh, MD |