The ASE Foundation funds Council Travel Grants each spring for trainees to support their attendance at the ASE Annual Scientific Sessions. These grants are part of an ongoing effort by the Foundation and the Council Steering Committees to encourage trainees in cardiovascular specialties to focus on the respective echocardiography subspecialty and to recruit enthusiastic new members to the Councils. By facilitating their attendance at the annual meeting, these grants provide trainees with a deeper understanding of the imaging field, and cultivate the development of meaningful mentoring relationships with established imaging faculty.
2025 Application Cycle Closed
Please review the individual Council nomination criteria below and then complete the application here. Applicants must be a member of ASE. Current faculty and/or previous recipients of an ASE Travel Grant are not eligible to apply. If selected for a 2025 Council Travel Grant you agree to attend the ASE Scientific Sessions September 5-7, 2025.
You must have all submission materials to complete the application. Fellow and trainee status at time of application will be honored, not status at time of the conference.
Questions may be directed to Councils@ASEcho.org.
Click here for a complete list of ASEF Council Travel Grant recipients.
Cardiovascular Sonography Council
Cardiovascular sonographers (non-physicians) are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be a current ASE member; hold echocardiography certification from ARDMS or CCI or an equivalent international sonography certification (adult, pediatric, echo and/or vascular); and be currently working part time or greater.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief personal statement about why you want to attend the annual ASE Scientific Sessions, and what you think you can bring back to your lab as a result of attending. Your statement should also include:
- Name/Address/Phone/Email
- Registry
- Place of employment
- Number of hours worked per week
- Length of current employment
- A letter from your supervisor in support of your application.
Circulation and Vascular Ultrasound Council
These travel grants are part of an effort by ASE’s Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council Steering Committee to encourage physician trainees in cardiovascular specialties to focus on the field of circulation and vascular ultrasound, to encourage sonographers with an interest in vascular imaging, and to recruit enthusiastic new members to the Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council.
Students in an ultrasound training program, residents and fellows in vascular surgery, cardiovascular medicine, and vascular medicine may apply. All sonographers with strong interest in vascular ultrasound are encouraged to apply for one of the $1000 travel grants.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the vascular laboratory director in support of your application.
Critical Care Echocardiography Council
These travel grants are part of an effort by ASE’s Critical Care Echocardiography Council Steering Committee to encourage physician trainees in cardiovascular specialties to focus on the field of critical care ultrasound, to encourage advanced practice providers with an interest in critical care imaging, and to recruit enthusiastic new members to the Critical Care Echocardiography Council.
Trainees, both physicians and advanced practice providers, in an emergency department, critical care cardiology, intensive care, critical care or related discipline within a dedicated critical care training program or with an interest in critical care echocardiography are encouraged to apply for one of the $1000 travel grants.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the echo laboratory director in support of your application.
Interventional Echocardiography Council
These travel grants are part of an effort by ASE’s Interventional Echocardiography Council Steering Committee to encourage physician trainees in structural heart cardiovascular specialties to focus on the field of interventional ultrasound, to encourage advanced practice providers with an interest in interventional imaging, and to recruit enthusiastic new members to the Interventional Echocardiography Council.
Trainees, both physicians and advanced practice providers, performing structural heart procedures or related discipline within a dedicated interventional training program or with an interest in interventional echocardiography are encouraged to apply for one of the $1000 travel grants.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the echo laboratory director in support of your application.
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council
The travel grants are part of an ongoing effort by the ASE’s Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council Steering Committee to encourage pediatric cardiology fellows to sub-specialize in the field of pediatric cardiovascular imaging. The hope of the Council is to provide interested fellows with a deeper understanding of the imaging field and facilitate the development of meaningful mentoring opportunities for trainees with an established imaging faculty.
Pediatric cardiology fellows in the first three years of training with an interest in cardiac imaging are encouraged to apply.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the echo laboratory director in support of your application.
Perioperative Echocardiography Council
These travel grants are part of an effort by ASE’s Perioperative Echocardiography Council Steering Committee to encourage sonographers, fellows or residents to sub-specialize in the field of perioperative ultrasound imaging. The Perioperative Council aims to help interested trainees acquire a deeper understanding of ultrasound imaging and facilitate the development of meaningful mentoring opportunities with established imaging faculty.
Trainees, both physicians and advanced practice providers, in an anesthesiology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, critical care or related discipline within a dedicated perioperative echocardiography training program or with an interest in perioperative echocardiography are encouraged to apply for one of the $1000 travel grants.
The application process requires submission of:
- Your current CV
- A brief, one-page personal statement about why you want to attend the Annual ASE Scientific Sessions.
- A letter from the director of your training program or the echo laboratory director in support of your application.
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council
Hannah Davidson, MBBS, University of Alberta, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB
Mounica Rao, MD, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Lesje DeRose, MD, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council
Abhishek Gami, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Sae Jang, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Lijun Qian, MD, PhD, The first affiliated hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu
Perioperative Echocardiography Council
Chad Kosanovich, UPMC Heart Vascular Institute, Sewickley, PA
John Yin, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Chang, New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center, Fresh Meadows, NY
Cardiovascular Sonography Council
Gina Quill, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Jacqueline Wheatley, DMS, RDCS, FASE, Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON
Jon Owensby, ACS, RDCS, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Critical Care Echocardiography Council
Kevin Buda, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Jerry Fan, Baylor Scott & White Temple, Temple, TX
Interventional Echocardiography Council
Hanyuan Shi, MD, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH
Carlo Mannina, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Maxine Tang, MD, MS, University of Chicago Medicine Chicago, IL