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.
2026 Application is 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 2026 Council Travel Grant you agree to attend the ASE Scientific Sessions June 26-28, 2026.
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 [email protected].
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.
Cardiovascular Sonography Council
Anna Lise Brinson, RCS – Duke University, Durham, NC
Emily Lynch, RCS – Duke University, Durham, NC
Zachary Bukowski, MS – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council
Aaron Bush, MA – University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO
Amanda Morrison, MD, RPVI – Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Ashwini Ashwath, MBBS – Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
Critical Care Echocardiography Council
Aaron Troy, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Muhammad Ahsan, MD – Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
Rossemary Celeste Canaza Apaza, MD – Hospital Primero de Mayo, San Salvador, El Salvador
Interventional Echocardiography Council
Emilio Herrera, MD – Clínica Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Carol Garcia, MD – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Christopher James, DO, RPVI – Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, FL
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council
Harsha Kanumalla, MBBS – Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY
Elyssa Cohen, MD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Alexandra Dennee, MD – Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor, TX
Perioperative Echocardiography Council
Andrew Landry, BS, RDCS – The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Celso Grimm Junior, MD – Hospital São José, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
José Mateus Costa, MD – Takaoka Anestesia, São Paulo, Brazil