ASM recognizes the value and importance of participation in the Annual Meeting as a way to become connected to the Society and its members, to forge professional relationships and collaborations, and to take advantage of the Annual Meeting as a mechanism for communicating highest-caliber research results. The Society offers nominal Travel Awards to help offset costs for students and early-career (within 5 years of their terminal degree) members of ASM to participate in the Annual Meeting. Recipients of ASM Grant-in-Aid of Research and other student research grants (Latin American Graduate Student Field Research Award, African Graduate Student Research Fund, James L. Patton Award, Student Science Policy Award) are encouraged to apply and share their ASM-supported result