ASPET Minority Graduate Student
Travel Award Application 

to Experimental Biology ’09 in New Orleans, LA
April 18 – 22, 2009

Deadline for receipt at ASPET:  December 1, 2008

The Award:

• The sum of $600 to partially defray the costs of travel and subsistence.

• Student registration fee.

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Full-time student in doctoral programs in pharmacology or engaged in doctoral research in pharmacology who will not have completed the degree requirements by May 1, 2009.
    

2. A member of ASPET or an applicant for membership (completed membership application may be submitted with travel award application)
    

3. First (and presenting) author of an abstract submitted for the EB ‘09 Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
    

4. Must be an underrepresented minority in the biomedical sciences (i.e. African American, Hispanic American, Native of U.S. Pacific Islands, or Native American, including Alaskan Native).
    

5. Cannot receive a travel award from another Experimental Biology sponsoring society.

 Required Materials:

    Applicant:

1. Application form, either submitted via the web, or sent as an email attachment to travelawards@aspet.org
    

2. Type or cut & paste your abstract, current curriculum vita and bibliography in the spaces provided on the form.  If your CV is to large for the space provided, email it as an attachment to travelawards@aspet.org
    

3. One completed copy of an ASPET membership application (if not already a member or pending member), including signed sponsor statement of qualifications or nomination letter.

     Department Head:

Your department may submit any number of eligible nominees for a Travel Award.  One or more students may receive an Award, depending on the availability of funds.  The ASPET Office will contact you by email to obtain your endorsement of this candidate and a ranking of multiple candidates from your department.

 Terms of the Award:

1. Required attendance at the Graduate Student Colloquium.
    

2. Required attendance at the Committee on Diversity workshop and mentoring breakfast.
    

3. The check for the award and the award certificate will be presented at the ASPET Business Meeting & Awards Presentation on April 18.  Attendance is required.
    

4. The full Award will be voided if the student does not attend the Graduate Student Colloquium and the EB meeting.

 Application - available in fall 2008