Minority Travel Award Program

(For U.S. citizens or those who have permanent resident status in U.S.)

The FASEB Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program (funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health) in partnership with the American Society of Human Genetics is offering travel awards to promote the entry of underrepresented minority scientists into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at the ASHG 2007 Annual Meeting. Successful applicants will be reimbursed up to $1,450 in meeting-related travel expenses including the meeting registration fee. The travel award recipients will be selected based on need and the quality of scientific abstracts. Awardees will be recognized during the ASHG Awards Presentation in San Diego.

Criteria
Applicants must submit an abstract to the ASHG 2007 Annual Meeting in accordance with the rules and regulations for submitting abstracts. Deadline to submit abstracts: June 7, 2007, 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 September 21, 2007. 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. Please contact Jane Nelson in the ASHG Administrative Office (jnelson@ashg.org) for more information.  Click here to complete application form
 

 

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