Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award

Description: The Teratology Society makes available travel awards in an effort to assist graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in attending the Teratology Society Annual Meetings. Students and Young Investigators who present an abstract are eligible to receive a $500 Travel Award. These awards are designed to help defray a portion of the travel costs to the meeting and will be presented to awardees during the Annual Meeting.

Eligibility requirements: Applicants should be enrolled in a program leading to a graduate degree in a field of study related to teratology or should be postdoctoral fellows in such a field and should intend to attend the Teratology Society Annual Meeting. Award recipients must agree to assist with the operation of projection equipment during platform presentations at the annual meeting. Applicants wishing to be considered for a Travel Award must apply for the award when submitting their abstract for presentation at the Annual Meeting. Abstracts are submitted electronically using an on-line submission system. During the submission process you will be instructed to check the boxes for the awards you wish to apply for and given instructions on how to provide the required additional information to the chair of the Student Affairs Committee. The following information must be submitted in order to be considered for this award:

1. A letter of application from their research advisor or director, and
2. (optional) Additional introduction, methods, results, discussion, and/or up to two pages of illustrative materials can accompany the abstract.

Judging process: Awardees are selected by the Student Affairs Committee.