Poster Awards
ABRF Poster Awards, sponsored by Waters Corporation
Waters Corporation is sponsoring prizes for the four best posters presented at ABRF 2011 that contain original research. The ABRF Education Committee will review all poster abstracts submitted to the meeting and select a limited number of candidates for award consideration. Lead authors of the candidate posters will be invited to give a short (5 minute) presentation of their poster to the Education Committee on Sunday, Feb 20, 2011 at their poster. The authors of the four posters judged to be the best will receive the Waters Corporation sponsored awards at the Poster Award Session on Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 and will be required to give a 15 - 20 min (including time for questions) at this same time. Each of the 4 winners will receive $500 as reimbursement for their travel costs.
ABRF Student/Post-Doc Poster Awards
The ABRF will award full conference registration waivers for up to ten students or post docs who present posters at the ABRF 2011 meeting. The ABRF 2011 Organizing Committee and the ABRF Education Committee will review applications for these awards and select the awardees.
To be eligible for this award:
(1) The poster must highlight research that was made possible through collaboration with a core facility. (2) The student or post doc must be the presenting author of the poster. (3) The student or post doc must register for the meeting using the online registration form. If a poster award is given, the registration cost will be waived and any registration payment received will be cancelled or returned. (4) The abstract must be submitted using the on-line abstract submission form before the abstract submission deadline of November 30, 2010.
To apply for consideration of this award, please send the following:
(1) A copy of the poster abstract that was submitted using the on-line abstract submission form. (2) A letter of recommendation from the director of the core facility at which the work was carried out. (3) A letter from the applicant’s adviser that confirms the applicant’s student or post doc status and a statement confirming that the applicant’s travel and lodging expenses will be covered.
The poster abstract copy, recommendation letter and adviser statement should be e-mailed in PDF format to abrf@courtesyassoc.com, or faxed to (202) 331-0111, to the attention of Chezka Solon.