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ASN Opportunities for Students

Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Travel Awards for EB 2010

ASN offers minority student travel awards for the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology each year, in partnership with FASEB Minority 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 2010 in Anaheim, CA.  These travel awards are processed as reimbursements after the meetign concludes and can value up to $1,850.  All applicants must have submitted an abstract and be a member of ASN.

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 2010 application; application deadline is February 23rd. For additional information please contact Katrina Dunn at (301) 634-7043. 

Student Interest Group (SIG) Travel Award Contest for EB 2010

The SIG awards provide students the opportunity to receive $250 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. 

The 2010 application will be available shortly. For additional information or questions, please contact Diana Tavares at 301-634-7278.

ASN Awards

The ASN awards programs include the Graduate Student Research Awards Competition, pre-doctoral fellowships, National Clinical Nutrition Internships, and more. In addition, many of the ASN annual awards include special prizes for emerging investigators and young nutrition professionals.

Other Opportunities for Students

Various organizations offer student opportunities including internships, fellowships, scholarships, and research training programs. On this page, student opportunities are separated into categories for undergraduate, post baccalaureate, graduate, medical, doctoral, and postdoctoral students. Be sure to note the deadline for many of the 2010-2011 programs.

To post upcoming opportunities for students, please contact us via email at marketing@nutrition.org or direct mail at American Society for Nutrition Marketing Department, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814.

• Stanford University. Stanford Summer Research Program/Amgen Scholars Program. Application period opens November 1, 2009.

• Introduction to Cancer Research Careers. Internship. Deadline: November 18, 2009.
  
• Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Summer Internship Program (SIP). Information for the 2010-2011 program becomes available November 1, 2009.
• National Institutes of Health. Undergraduate Scholarship Program NIH. Information for the 2010-2011 program becomes available this fall. 
• Morehouse School of Medicine. Neuroscience Institute Summer Research Program. Information becomes available December 2009. 
• Cornell/Rockefeller/SloanKettering. Gateways to The Laboratory Summer Program. Information becomes available December 2009.
  
• National Institutes of Health. Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research. Deadline: February 1, 2010.
• Yale University. Yale BioSTEP (Biomedical Science Training and Enrichment Program). Deadline: February 1, 2010.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Medical Device Fellowship Program (CDRH). Deadline: February 15, 2010.
  
• Boston University. Summer Undergraduate Program Fellowship. Deadline: February 2010
• Harvard Medical School. Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program. Deadline: February 2010.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Veterinary Medicine Student Internships. Deadline: February 2010.
• University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon. Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underrepresented Students (SURPUS). Deadline: February 2010.
  
• Weill Cornell Medical College. Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
• University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. The GEMS Program (Graduate Experience for Multiculutral Students). Deadline: March 1, 2010.
• NIH Clinical Center. Summer Internship. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Summer Student Program. Deadline: March 2010.
• University of Massachusetts Medical School. Summer Research Program to Increase Diversity Among Biomedical Researchers. Deadline: March 12, 2010.
• SoyMap Project. Soymap Summer Internship. Deadline: April 1, 2010.
• University of Maryland. Summer Research Program (SuRP)/Volunteer Summer Research Program. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Office of Policy Internship Program. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
  

• National Institutes of Health. NIH Academy. Deadline: January 31, 2010.
  
• National Institutes of Health. Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Program. Applications are accepted continuously.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Postgraduate Research Program (NCTR). Applications are accepted continuously.

• Brigham and Women's Hospital. The Deland Fellowship Program in Health Care and Society. Deadline: November 2, 2009.
• ICRC Introduction to Cancer Research Careers. Internship. Deadline: November 18, 2009.
• NIH Clinical Center. Graduate Medical Education (GME): Endocrinology and Metabolism. Deadline: March 2010.
  
• NIH Clinical Center.Summer Internship. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
  
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Summer Student Program. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
  
• National Academy of Science. Research Associateship Programs Fellowship. Deadline: November 1, 2009.
• National Science Foundation. Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Deadline: November 2-12, 2009.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Veterinary Medicine Student Internships. Deadline: February 2010.
• The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Program. Deadline: February 15, 2010.
• NIH Clinical Center. Dietetic Internship Program. Deadline: February 2010.
• Marine Biological Laboratory. Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics & Survival (SPINES). Deadline: February 1, 2010.
  
• Marine Biological Laboratory. Physiology: Modern Cell Biology Using Microscopic, Biochemical, and Computational Approaches.Deadline: February 1, 2010. 
• Marine Biological Laboratory. Embryology: Concepts & Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology. Deadline: February 1, 2010.
• Marine Biological Laboratory. Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches. Deadline: February 1, 2010. 
• Marine Biological Laboratory. Microbial Diversity. Deadline: February 1, 2010.
  
• Marine Biological Laboratory. Neural Systems and Behavior.Deadline: February 1, 2010.
• Marine Biological Laboratory. Neurobiology.Deadline: February 1, 2010.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ORISE Science Internship Program. Applications are accepted continuously.
• The American Society of Human Genetics and The National Human Genome Research Institute. Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship. Check back in 2010 for application date.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Office of Policy and Planning Internship Program. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
• NIH Clinical Center. Graduate Medical Education (GME): Infectious Diseases. 2010 dates are not yet available.
• NIH Clinical Center. Graduate Medical Education (GME): Pediatric Endocrinology. 2010 dates are not yet available.
• Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech. Transdisciplinary Team Science Assistantship Program. 2010 dates are not yet available.

• Wellcome Trust. Early Career Fellowship for Researchers in India. Deadline: September 14, 2009.
• Wellcome Trust. Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships. Deadline: October 2, 2009.
• National Academy of Science. Research Associateship Programs Fellowship. Deadline: November 1, 2009.
• National Academy of Science. Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship. Deadline: November 9, 2009.
• The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAS). AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships. Deadline: December 15, 2009.
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): National Center for Health Statistics. NCHS/Academy Health Policy Fellowship. Deadline: January 4, 2010.
• Association of Schools of Public Health. ASPH/CDC/PRC Minority Fellowship. Check back in January 2010 for program dates.
• HHMI Howard Huges Medical Institute. The Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Student Fellowship Program. Deadline: January 11, 2010.
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Toxicology Program. Deadline: February 2010.
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Postdoctoral Programs. Check back for 2010 program dates.
• University of Alabama at Birmingham. Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Nutrition. Check back for 2010 program dates.
• Tufts University. Human Nutrition and Metabolism Fellowship. Check back for 2010 program dates.
• Association of Schools of Public Health. ASPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship Program. Check back for 2010 program dates.
• Agricultural Research Services. Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions. There are no specific closing dates.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Postgraduate Research Program (NCTR). There are no specific closing dates.
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Post-Doctoral Professional Development and Enrichment Award. Check back for the 2010 deadline.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Biomolecular Interaction Networks: Function and Disease (C1). Scholarship Deadline: November 9, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Cell Death Pathways: Apoptosis, Autophagy, and Necrosis (X3). Scholarship Deadline: November 12, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Metabolism and Cancer Prevention (X4). Scholarship Deadline: November 12, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Receptors and Signaling in Plant Development and Biotic Interactions (C2). Scholarship Deadline: November 16, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. HIV Vaccines (X5). Scholarship Deadline: November 19, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Viral Immunity (X6). Scholarship Deadline: November 19, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Nuclear Receptors: Signaling, Gene Regulation, and Cancer (X7). Scholarship Deadline: November 23, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Nuclear Receptors: Development, Physiology, and Disease (X8). Scholarship Deadline: November 23, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. New Paradigms in Cancer Therapeutics (Z1). Scholarship Deadline: November 24, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Integration of Developmental Signaling Pathways. Scholarship Deadline: November 24, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Malaria: New Approaches to Understanding Host-Parasite Interactions. Scholarship Deadline: December 11, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Diabetes. Scholarship Deadline: December 14, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Developmental Origins and Epigenesis in Human Health and Disease (D1). Scholarship Deadline: December 28, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Bioactive Lipids: Biochemistry and Disease (D2). Scholarship Deadline: February 23, 2010.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Innate Immunity: Mechanisms Linking with Adaptive Immunity (D3). Scholarship Deadline: February 24, 2010.
  

Opportunities for Minority Student Scientists 

• Associations of Schools of Public Health. ASPH/CDC/PRC Minority Fellowship. Check back in January 2010 for program dates.
• National Academy of Science. Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship. Deadline: November 9, 2009.
• Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech's Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity Program (VT-IMSD). Deadline: March 30, 2010.
• University of Massachusetts Medical School. Summer Research Program to Increase Diversity Among Biomedical Researchers. Deadline: March 12, 2010.
• University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon. Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Underrepresented Students (SURPUS). Deadline: February 2010.
• University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. The GEMS Program (Graduate Experience for Multiculutral Students). Deadline: March 1, 2010.
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Post-Doctoral Professional Development and Enrichment Award. Check back for the 2010 deadline.
• Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Underrepresented Minority Scholarships. Follow the scholarship deadline for the meeting you wish to attend.
  

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