Awards & Applications

Awards Overview

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Trainee Awards Program

Deadline - June 19, 2008
 

The American Society of Human Genetics 2008 Trainee Awards will be given for “Outstanding Trainee Research.” All Trainees who are first authors on abstracts are encouraged to participate!
 

Procedures: All applicants must complete an abstract. Please note on the abstract submission form whether you are pre- or postdoctoral.
 

Eligibility
 

The Nominee must be first (i.e., presenting) author on an abstract submitted for either platform or poster presentation at the 2008 ASHG meeting. The deadline to submit an abstract and complete the award application is June 19, 2008.
 

**New for 2008**: The Nominee must be a trainee member of ASHG. An online membership application will be available at the end of the submission process, or you can click here for the online ASHG membership application.
 

The Nominee may not be more than six years in postdoctoral training.
 

The Nominee must have performed a major portion of the work, which must be verified in writing by the Nominator. The verification form is available on the 2008 abstract submission site.
 

The Nominator must be an active ASHG member in good standing. Click here for the online ASHG membership application. The Nominator must complete a form related to background information on the work being submitted. When the name of the nominator is entered online, the nominator submission form will be emailed to the nominator. This form should be completed, no later than June 30, 2008.

Note: Trainees are not permitted to nominate themselves.
 

Notification: All finalists will be notified in mid-September.
 

Review and Scoring:

Trainee abstracts will be awarded in two steps. First the abstracts will be reviewed and scored by the Program Committee. The top five (5) abstracts in each category (below) will be named semifinalists (a total of 30) and will be awarded $300 each. Second, the Awards Committee will review the semifinalist abstracts and will select the top eighteen (18). These 18 finalists will also receive complimentary registration. Out of those 18 finalists, the Awards Committee will select six (6) winners (one in each category below) to receive an additional $200 presented at the Awards Program during on Saturday, November 15, in Philadelphia.

Predoctoral – Basic Research
Predoctoral – Clinical Research
Predoctoral – Translational Research

Postdoctoral – Basic Research
Postdoctoral – Clinical Research
Postdoctoral – Translational Research

If you have questions regarding the trainee awards, contact jboughman@ashg.org
 

FASEB Minority Travel Award Program (MARC)

Deadline - October 17, 2008

The FASEB MARC Program will be sponsoring ASHG 2008 Travel Awards to help support the participation of faculty/mentors, postdoctoral fellows, and students from minority institutions (MIs) and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The travel awards are funded up to $1,850 each for travel-related expenses and meeting registration. Travel awards are provided as reimbursements after the meeting. The travel awards are supported by a federal training grant from the NIGMS/NIH; therefore, only U.S. citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. are eligible for the travel awards. Underrepresented minority faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows from majority institutions are also eligible to apply for the travel awards. For travel award information, contact marc@faseb.org.
 

Criteria

Applicants must submit an abstract to the ASHG 2008 Annual Meeting in accordance with the rules and regulations for submitting abstracts. Deadline to submit abstracts: June 19, 2008, 11:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time). Applicants must be members of ASHG and can apply for membership on line before submitting a travel award application. Travel award applications will be due on October 17, 2008. All ASHG members who meet the citizenship/residency requirements and are full-time underrepresented minority graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or young faculty at the assistant professor level at accredited institutions are eligible to apply for the awards. Click here for Rules and Regulations.

Applicants must submit a brief paragraph explaining their research area, professional goals, and need for this award. You may download the application form in Microsoft Word format. For further information, contact the FASEB Career Resources & MARC Program, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998; http://marc.faseb.org; e-mail: marc@faseb.org; phone: 301-634-7109.