Travel Grants and Awards

 

Travel Grants and Awards

Foundation of the NLA Donald Hunninghake Familial Hypercholesterolemia Abstract Award

The Hunninghake Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) Award honors the highest scoring abstract in the area of FH research. Lead authors may indicate interest in being considered for this award during the submission process. The winner, determined by the Foundation of the NLA Board of Directors, will receive a monetary award of $1,500 with an additional $1,000 stipend to assist in covering travel expenses to the NLA 2026 Scientific Sessions. The winner will be honored with a plaque and will present their abstract during the oral abstract presentation session during the NLA 2026 Scientific Sessions. 

The winner of this award will receive complimentary registration to the NLA 2026 Scientific Sessions. The presenting, lead or second authors cannot be employed by industry. If the lead/corresponding author cannot attend the Sessions to receive the award and present the abstract, they may designate another author from the abstract to present on their behalf. 

NLA Young Investigator Awards

Young Investigators (i.e., in training students, residents, and fellows or members in practice for <5 years) may be considered for the Foundation of the NLA's Young Investigator Award. Lead authors may indicate interest in being considered for this award during the submission process. The first, second, and third place winners will receive cash prizes, and the top five winners will receive travel stipends. Additionally, the top five winners will be honored with a plaque and will present their abstracts during the oral abstract presentation session at the NLA 2026 Scientific Sessions.

All Young Investigator Award winners who are the presenting authors will receive complimentary registration to the NLA Scientific Sessions. The presenting, lead or second authors cannot be employed by industry. If the lead/corresponding author cannot attend the NLA 2026 Scientific Sessions to present the abstract, they may designate another author on the abstract to be the presenting author on their behalf. 

Oral Presentation Awards

Lead authors with accepted abstracts who elect to be considered for an oral presentation on the agenda will have the opportunity to be selected for one of three slots for the honor of the podium during the NLA's Scientific Sessions. The presenting, lead or second authors cannot be employed by industry. If the lead/corresponding author cannot attend the NLA 2026 Scientific Sessions to present the abstract, they may designate another author to be the presenting author on their behalf. 

Health Equity Awards

The status of the Health Equity Awards is to be determined. Please contact posters@lipid.org for status of the awards.

*Awards Disclaimer
If you are the recipient of one of our abstract awards you are required (or your designated author) to register and attend the NLA Scientific Sessions in-person, as well as attend all abstract-related responsibilities. These responsibilities include Q&A sessions in the poster hall, as well as the oral presentation session. If you fail to attend one or both of these events, your prize and travel money may be revoked.

This disclaimer applies only to Covered Recipients as defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS. Awardees of the Young Investigator Abstract Award and the Hunninghake FH Abstract Award will be offered a monetary award, as outlined above, paid directly by the Foundation of the National Lipid Association through financial support from an outside supporter. In accordance with the Physician Payments Sunshine Act reporting requirements (https://www.cms.gov/OpenPayments/Program-Participants/Newly-Added-Covered-Recipients), the supporter may report your acceptance of the monetary award to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as an indirect payment to a U.S. Covered Recipient. Acceptance of the monetary award is not required in order retain the Award designation.