Caring For Dependent(s) (CFD) Travel Awards

Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development

Is caring for a 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 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 costs, (e.g., extended day care, elder care, caregiver travel) while the faculty member is traveling to an academic/society meeting which is directly related to his/her academic advancement.

*Amount is for incurred expenses up to a maximum of $500.

Click below for details on:
- Application Guidelines
- Eligibility
- Awards Expenditure
- List of award recipients

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
(Currently between February and July 2013).
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.
Only one application per year will be accepted for each faculty member.

Eligibility

M.D., Ph.D., 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 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)

Awards Expenditures

Awards may be used for the following:
     - Travel expenses for dependent(s)
     - Travel expenses for dependent(s)'s caregiver during trip
        with the sole purpose of caring for the dependent(s)
     - Expenses for extra dependent care at home during the trip
     - Expenses for dependent care at meeting site
Awards may not be used for the following:
     - Conference registration
     - Personal travel expenses for faculty member
     - Other expenses not associated to the additional
        care or travel of the dependent(s)
Support is considered taxable income under Federal Tax Law
Awardees must provide receipts and/or invoices in order to receive payment under Partners policies, and must attest that these expenses were used for 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.

2013 Application Deadline

Application deadline is 4 pm, May 17, 2013. Applications are now closed. For further information regarding the application process, please e-mail cfd@partners.org

List of Award Recipients

2013 Feb-Jul
Patricia Bachiller, MD
Pouneh Fazeli, MD
Phoebe Freer, MD
Deborah Kwolek, MD
Sara Lazar, PhD
Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH
Jenny Tam, PhD
Eve Valera, PhD
Robert Yeh, MD
Elaine Yu, MD