Travel Awards
MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) Travel Awards
The FASEB MARC Program will be sponsoring ABRF 2011 Travel Awards to help support the participation of full-time faculty/mentors, postdoctoral fellows, and students from minority institutions (MIs) and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The travel awards are funded (up to $1,650 per award) for travel-related expenses and meeting registration. Travel awards are provided as reimbursements after the meeting. The travel awards are supported by a federal training grant from the NIGMS, NIH; therefore, only U.S. citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. are eligible to receive travel award funding. Underrepresented minority faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows from majority institutions are also eligible to apply for the travel awards. For travel award information and application forms, visit the MARC website, or contact marcssm@faseb.org.
The deadline for applications is January 7, 2011.
* Qualified ethnic minority groups that are identified as being underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences include: African Americans, Alaskan Natives, Hispanic Americans, American Indians/Native Americans and Natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands (Guam, Hawai'i, or American Samoa). Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible for FASEB MARC Program funding.
There are two types of MARC travel awards:
- Faculty/Mentors and Students Travel Award: Each award provides funding for one faculty member/mentor and up to two students or post-baccalaureates from a minority institution to participate in one of the selected national meetings or conferences. The faculty/mentor must nominate up to two students and/or post-baccalaureates who are pursuing research careers in a life sciences discipline. The faculty member does not need to be a minority.
- Poster/Platform (Oral) Presenter Travel Award: Each award provides funding for one underrepresented minority graduate/ undergraduate student, post-baccalaureate or postdoctoral fellow who is 1st author and has been selected to give a poster presentation at the meeting.
Please contact David Needleman or Janet Murray if you are applying for a MARC Travel Award. There will be acknowledgement and a program of activities for the MARC Travel Award recipients at the ABRF 2011 meeting.