2025 AAPM Advocacy Day Travel Award
On Thursday, July 31, 2025, AAPM will be conducting its inaugural AAPM Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, to immediately follow AAPM’ s Annual Meeting 2025 in Washington, DC (July 27 – 30). Few policymakers are aware of medical physicists and the crucial role they play in our healthcare ecosystem. Without our members’ input, laws and regulations that would improve patient health outcomes, advance research, and remove barriers for the medical physics community are less likely to be enacted. Let your voice be heard!
This is an exceptional in-person opportunity for AAPM members interested in supporting AAPM’s advocacy agenda, primarily for expanding awareness of medical physics, enhancing policies to support the medical physicist workforce and education opportunities, and to highlight the need for investing in science research. Advocacy Day participants will be formed into teams and meet directly with congressional offices on the Hill, fostering important relationships between the AAPM membership and key government policymakers.
If selected, Travel Award Recipients:
- will receive financial support up to $3000 for travel to Washington, DC and for 2 nights of hotel stay (3 night can be considered, if needed)
- will be required to be in Washington, DC on Wednesday, July 30 and Thursday, July 31
- will receive both virtual and in-person Hill meeting training, with teams formation, on Wednesday, July 30, from 1:00 to 5:00pm at AAPM’s HQ hotel, the Marriott Marquis, DC
- will attend a networking reception following training on Wednesday, July, 30, from 5:00 to 6:30pm
- will receive assistance with scheduling their team Hill meetings, which will begin in the morning and could be scheduled up to 3pm on July 31
- will attend a convening breakfast before meetings begin on Thursday, July 31
- will receive communications material to ensure success, including one-pagers, state information material and leave-behind informational packets
Award Criteria:
Applicants must submit:
- Must include a letter of intent highlighting applicant’s commitment to the mission of AAPM and why they may be well suited to help represent AAPM on Advocacy Day, including the unique points of perspective their participation would bring to Advocacy Day based upon their career, work experience, the community they represent and beyond. The letter of intent should articulate why AAPM would benefit in having them represent AAPM at this event.
- Must include a CV which details the applicant’s work in the field of Medical Physics and/or advocacy and explains the different roles and experiences the applicant has had in AAPM (no more than 5 pages).
- Must include a statement of financial need which explains why the applicant needs this Travel Award in order to participate in Advocacy Day.
Eligibility:
- Must be a member of AAPM in good standing at the time of application. Pending membership status is not acceptable. If you are not yet an AAPM member, consider applying now to be eligible for the fellowship.
- Prior advocacy experience is not required.
Application Deadline: EOD Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Recipients Notified: early July 2025
Program Contact: Emily Townley | emily@aapm.org