ASN offers minority student travel awards for the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology each year, in partnership with FASEB Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program, funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), at NIH. These awards are available to postdoctorate and undergraduate/graduate students to help defray the meeting registration and travel related expenses associated with attending Experimental Biology 2013 in Boston, MA. These travel awards are processed as reimbursements after the meeting concludes and can value up to $1,850. All applicants must have submitted an abstract and be a member of ASN. In addition, all awardees will be qualified to compete in the 2013 Grand Prize for Young Minority Investigators, support by DSM Nutritional Products, during the ASN Young Minority Investigator Oral Competition, Saturday, April 20 during EB 2013.
In addition, we will be able to host a faculty/mentor and up to two students for meeting registration, attendance, and travel for up to $1,850 each.
Click here to access the 2013 application; application deadline is January 20, 2013. For additional information please contact Katrina Dunn at (301) 634-7043.
Important Deadlines and Dates:
- ASN MARC Travel Award Deadline, January 20, 2013
- ASN Young Minority Investigator Oral Competition, April 20,
2013
- ASN MAC Travel Awardees Poster Session and Networking
Breakfast, April 23, 2013
Student Interest Group (SIG) Travel Award Contest for EB 2013
The SIG awards provide students the opportunity to receive $150 based on their abstracts and presentations at the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology each year. Applicants will be narrowed to a number of finalists based on submitted abstracts assessed on scientific merit and specifically, the following: research design, experimental methodology, conclusions, and significance of findings to scientific knowledge. Authors of the abstracts selected for final judging will be advised by mid-March that their presentations will be judged during their EB scheduled presentation time. All applicants must be a student member of ASN as well as a first author on the submitted abstract.
Click here to access the 2013 application;The SIG Travel Award application deadline is February 23, 2013 at 11:59 PM EST. For additional information please contact Katie Oster at (301-634-7290).Student Award Competitions
Graduate
Student Research Award Competition, Supported by the
NSC
(2012 Finalists: Anthony M. Belenchia, K. Ryan Wessells, Xiaobo
Zhang, Danielle Vassallo, Bibiana Garcia-Bailo,Yuanyuan Qin,
Camilla Peach, Oluwaseun Odewol, Anna Floegel, Harmony Faith
Turk, Anita Ratnasari Iskandar, Sukru Gule).
NSC webpage.
The
International Nutrition Student Prize Competition, Supported
by the INC
(2012 Finalists: Susan Jack, Elizabeth M Widen and K Ryan
Wessells).
Clinical
Emerging Leader Award Competition, Supported by the MNC
(2012 finalists: Suzanne Devkota, Yong Zhu, Emily Tomayko,
Kristina A. Harris and Ruth E. Grossmann).
IMPORTANT RULE FOR THE ASN
RESEARCH ABSTRACT COMPETITIONS : Students may apply to
either the ASN/NSC GSRA Award or the ASN/Clinical Emerging
Leaders Award, not both. This rule does not apply to competitions
run by the International Council or ASN Research Interest
Sections.