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Minority Scholarships
Underrepresented Minority Scholarships
The International Feline Retrovirus Research Symposium is offering travel scholarships to students and post-docs of ethnic origin who are underrepresented in the life sciences community. These scholarships are to be used to help defray the expenses associated with conference attendance, including meeting registration, transportation (up to $500), and lodging costs (at double-occupancy rate). Receipts will be required to receive reimbursement.
Eligibility:
- A graduate or post-doctoral student currently enrolled in an academic program or a new investigator (independent, fewer than five years)
- One of the following ethnic origins:
- Hispanic/Latino
- Black/African American
- American Indian/Alaska Native
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
- If you have selected bi-cultural for your ethnic origin, at least one of your parents must have heritage descending from one of the ethnic groups listed above.
- You must also:
- Submit an abstract. Abstracts will be used as the basis for awarding the scholarships. Conference organizers will select the scholarship recipients based on the quality of science of the abstract and the relevance of the abstract to the conference topic.
- Complete the Underrepresented Minority Scholarship application.
- Have your mentor verify your status as a student or post-doc.
Applications are due April 15, 2010.
