This travel grant is supported by a grant to the ASE Foundation from Elsevier, Inc., to honor Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum’s commitment and tenure as the former editor of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) for 20 years. The award is presented to a sonographer student enrolled in an accredited cardiac ultrasound program. This grant provides funding to assist a student to attend ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions or another ASE-sponsored educational course. Each grant amount is $1,000 and includes a complimentary registration to ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions.
Application for the 2025 cycle is closed.
Application is Closed
The American Society of Echocardiography Education and Research Foundation (ASEF) is pleased to announce the availability of a travel grant for a sonography student enrolled in an accredited CAAHEP cardiovascular ultrasound program. The travel grant program is designed to provide partial financial support to sonography students who would otherwise be unable to attend the ASE 36th Annual Scientific Sessions in Nashville, TN September 5-7, 2025 or any other 2025 educational course directly sponsored by ASE. A complimentary registration fee is included with the travel grant award, along with a one year student membership in the American Society of Echocardiography. To view a list of ASE’s 2025 directly sponsored educational programs, please click here.
ASEF thanks Elsevier Inc. for supporting this grant to honor Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum’s commitment and tenure as the Founding Editor of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) for 20 years.
Feigenbaum Cardiovascular Student Travel Grant Information
Award Amount | $1,000.00 |
Application Receipt Deadline | December 30, 2024 |
Award Announcement | April 2025 |
Award Payment Date | April 2025 |
To Apply:
- Complete the online Feigenbaum Cardiovascular Sonographer Student Travel Grant form.
Criteria for Award:
- Students must be actively enrolled in cardiovascular ultrasound programs accredited by the commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or in equivalent Canadian or international cardiovascular ultrasound programs* at the time of the grant selection. Students graduating in the Spring/Summer of 2025 are eligible to apply.
- International candidates will need to submit information describing equivalency of program to CAAHEP standards and/or course work that follows the National Education Curriculum (NEC).
- This travel grant is based on financial need. While any sonography student actively enrolled in a CAAHEP cardiovascular program may apply for this travel support, the selection process will give preference to students without sufficient travel funding and who would not otherwise be able to attend an educational course directly sponsored by ASE. If selected to receive an ASEF student travel grant, the student will be requested to provide a written testimonial and personal photo for use in promotional materials and/or on ASEF’s website.
Students who are nominated for an Alan D. Waggoner Student Scholarship Award may also apply for the Feigenbaum Student Travel grant; however, a student will only be selected for one award.

2023
Aashika Korrapati, BS, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2022
Krishnakumari Patel, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2021
Arione Jones, Cincinnati State Technical & Community College, Cincinnati, OH

2020
Mailee Xiong, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA

2019
Christina Ferretti, Yale New Haven Hospital School of Diagnostic Ultrasound, New Haven, CT

2018
Randall S. Brown, Piedmont College School of Cardiovascular Technology, Demorest, GA

2017
Katelyn Fortier, Hoffman Heart & Vascular Inst. School of Cardiac Ultrasound, Hartford, CT
2016
Kelsey Bogen, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, DMS Program, Hartford, CT
2015
Angela Hull, Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem, NC
2014
Michelle Garza, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA

2013
Monica Hanzo, LSU Health, New Orleans, LA
2012
Jim Conner, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

2011
Nicholas Pechon, Cardiovascular Technology, Lacombe, LA
2010
Robert N. Houde, III, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA
2009
Jodi Tegeler, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL
2008
Melissa Tetmeyer, Carnegie Institute, Troy, MI

2024: Christine Ro, Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Cardiac Sonography, Baltimore, MD