{"id":6320,"date":"2026-01-06T09:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6320"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:44:23","slug":"applications-for-cfac-core-travel-awards-due","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/event\/applications-for-cfac-core-travel-awards-due\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications for CFAC Core Travel Awards Due"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Travel Award Details<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Applications are open through\u00a0<b>January 31, 2026<\/b>, with funding decisions expected within the first week of February. These grants are available to core directors and staff for conference travel occurring through\u00a0<b>July 2026<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div>We strongly encourage those interested in attending the\u00a0<b>Association for Biomedical Resource Facilities (ABRF) annual meeting\u00a0<\/b>on March 28-31 to apply. This conference offers high-value opportunities for our community, including:<\/div>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"8\">\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><b>Pre-Meeting Workshops:<\/b>\u00a0Focused on Lean Management, Data Analysis\/Visualization, and Nextflow for bioinformatics.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><b>Core Management &amp; Technology Sessions:<\/b>\u00a0Daily agendas tailored to both leadership and technical specialties and &#8220;mini workshops&#8221; hosted throughout the meeting<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><b>Networking:<\/b>\u00a0Poster sessions, lightning talks, and opportunities to connect with the broader core community.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<div><b>Register for ABRF 2026 and check out the full schedule here:<\/b>\u00a0<a id=\"OWAb32b1cfa-1a48-a26c-376a-e22309c866c6\" title=\"https:\/\/abrf.org\/event\/abrf-2026-annual-meeting\/\" href=\"https:\/\/abrf.org\/event\/abrf-2026-annual-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ved=\"0CAAQ_4QMahcKEwj1vZD88vSRAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQXg\" data-hveid=\"0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">ABRF Annual Meeting Registration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Relational Leadership Institute Training<\/b><\/div>\n<div>We are also continuing our partnership with the Relational Leadership Institute. Through the Travel Award program, we are offering a select number of core directors and managers the opportunity to attend spring or early summer training sessions at no cost.<\/div>\n<div>These sessions are held in person. We ask that you review the program dates and apply only if you are confident you can attend the full schedule. If you are interested but unsure if this training is the right fit, please reach out. Several of your peers participated in a pilot of this program last year and this past fall and can offer perspective on the value it provided.<\/div>\n<div><b>How to Apply<\/b><\/div>\n<div>For full application instructions and program details, please visit the official program page:<\/div>\n<div><b><a id=\"OWA08ce7ed6-bb7f-39af-8b4b-e13dc996769d\" title=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/travel-awards\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/travel-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ved=\"0CAAQ_4QMahcKEwj1vZD88vSRAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQXw\" data-hveid=\"0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">CFAC Travel Award Program Website<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel Award Details Applications are open through\u00a0January 31, 2026, with funding decisions expected within the first week of February. These grants are available to core directors and staff for conference travel occurring through\u00a0July 2026. We strongly encourage those interested in attending the\u00a0Association for Biomedical Resource Facilities (ABRF) annual meeting\u00a0on March 28-31 to apply. This conference &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/event\/applications-for-cfac-core-travel-awards-due\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Applications for CFAC Core Travel Awards Due\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55643,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-6320","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6321,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6320\/revisions\/6321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6320"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=6320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}