The EleCare® Travel Grant seeks to encourage and support families in need to attend APFED’s 2018 Patient Education Conference in Denver, CO.
APFED will distribute ten $500 awards on a first-come, first serve basis to eligible applicants. The award is to be applied towards travel expenses which include: hotel, transportation, mileage, meal and/or childcare costs. Travel Grant recipients will also have conference registration fees waived for immediate family.
EosConnection 2018
APFED’s 16th Annual Patient Education Conference on EGIDs
July 6-7, 2018
Hyatt Regency Aurora Denver Conference Center
13200 East 14th Place
Aurora, Colorado, USA, 80011
Applicant Qualifications
- Applicant’s and/or applicant’s child must be diagnosed with an eosinophilic disorder.
- Annual family income for the $500 award should not exceed $80,000 per year.
Application Requirements
Applicants must submit the following:
- Completed Applicant Information Sheet (at bottom of this application)
- A letter from a physician documenting the applicant’s or applicant’s child’s diagnosis.
- Brief description of why the applicant wants to attend the conference.
- A list of projected expenses with supporting documentation (i.e., transportation estimate from a travel agent, airline or travel website; number of driving miles from home to the conference location; hotel costs; estimated meal expenses). Note: Meals will not exceed $40 each day.
- Copy of the previous year’s W2 form or similar documentation of income. Please black out your Social Security number before submitting this document.
- The applicant must not have a separate and/or different grant that covers the same expenses covered by this application.
- Award recipients must agree to complete a survey following the conference regarding the program.
- Applicants must complete the application required documentation and submit to APFED.
Application and supporting documentation may be submitted via the form below OR
- via email to grants@apfed.org.
- via mail to:
APFED
Conference Grant Application
PO Box 29545
Atlanta, GA 30359
Please ensure your materials will be received by the deadline in order to be considered for grant.
Grant Approval and Announcement
- Applications from those who qualify will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis only. We are offering 10 awards of $500 each through this mechanism.
- Awards will be announced by email.
Award Payments
- No money can be awarded in advance of the conference.
- Requests for expense reimbursement may be made at the conference and up to 30 days after the conference ends. Any requests for reimbursement that are received by APFED more than 30 days following conference conclusion will not be considered.
- To receive payment, recipient should download and complete this award distribution form and bring it to the conference. Additional copies of the reimbursement form will be available at the conference. We will email specific date/time at the conference when the forms will be accepted and checks written to recipients who provide the appropriate documentation.
- Supporting documentation may include copies of airfare, rail, public transportation, and hotel validated receipts and/or record of mileage. Meal per diems are calculated at $40. Actual meal receipts are not required.
- For mileage, simply record the travel mileage to and from your home and the conference location. Mileage consideration is based on $0.54 per mile.
Conference registration fees will be waived for immediate family. Upon notification of grant award, instructions on how to register utilizing waived fees will be provided. If family has already registered, the registration fees will be refunded.
Email grants@apfed.org with questions.
These Travel Grants are made possible thanks to the support of our Education Partner
