The College of Medicine – Phoenix Graduate Student Travel Award is designed to assist graduate students attending and presenting their research at scientific meetings (with preference given to those attending national/international meetings). Applications for funding are accepted twice a year in October and April; deadlines will be announced by the Graduate Training Office. Awardees are selected based upon the scientific merit of their abstract, a letter of recommendation from their Principal Investigator or advisor, explaining the benefit of attending this conference, and the applicant’s statement of research and career goals.
Eligibility:
- The applicant must be enrolled as a graduate student at a public University in Arizona and be working with a Principal Investigator at the College of Medicine – Phoenix.
- The applicant must be the first author of an abstract to be presented, and the abstract must be of the highest scientific merit as evaluated by the Travel Award Committee.
- The conference to be attended must take place January 1-June 15 for October submission and June 1-December 31 for April submissions.
- Students will be reimbursed up to the total amount of the award upon submission of itemized receipts for meeting registration, travel, housing and/or per diem expenses.
Applications will be submitted via email to Katharine Gonzales and will include:
- A cover letter signed by the applicant stating the purpose and amount of the request (up to $750). The award may be used for domestic or international travel.
- A copy of the program announcement for the conference to be attended.
- A copy of the abstract to be presented.
- A copy of the applicant’s CV, including education, honors/awards and publications.
- A one-page letter of recommendation from the applicant’s Principal Investigator or advisor describing the applicant and the benefit of attending this conference.
- A description of the applicant’s research and career goals (no more than 250 words).
Prior Awardees and Meetings Attended
Name |
Conference |
Location |
Date |
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Kimberly Meyers Presentation (PDF) |
Society for Neuroscience | San Diego, California | November 2016 |
Megan Turnidge | American Association for Cancer Research | Washington, D.C. | April 2017 |
Nicholas Brookhouser | International Society for Stem Cell Research | Boston, Massachusetts | June 2017 |
Jameson Gardner |
International Congress on Mucosal Immunology | Washington, D.C. | July 2017 |
William Martelly |
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, New York | August 2017 |
Kimberly Meyers | Society for Neuroscience | Washington, D.C. | November 2017 |
Megan Rudolph | Society for Neuroscience | Washington, D.C. | November 2017 |
Jeffrey Hanna | Neurotrauma 2018 | Toronto, Canada | August 2018 |
Katharine Giordano | Neurotrauma 2018 | Toronto, Canada | August 2018 |
Ashlee Harris | Radiation Research Society | Chicago, IL | September 2018 |
Megan Rudolph | Society for Neuroscience | San Diego, CA | November 2018 |
Katharine Giordano | Society for Neuroscience | Chicago, IL | October 2019 |
Ashlee Harris | Biomedical Engineering Society | Philadelphia, PA | October 2019 |
Megan Rudolph | Society for Neuroscience | Chicago, IL | October 2019 |
Talal Zafar | Society for Neuroscience | Chicago, IL | October 2019 |