Travel award application guidelines

ELIGIBILITY:

All graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows conducting research in neural therapy and repair are eligible to apply. Applicants with appointments above postdoctoral fellow are ineligible to apply for this travel award. All applicants must be the presenting author of an abstract submitted online to the ASNTR no later than January 15, 2008. Submission of abstracts to the ASNTR website for the 2008 meeting is a separate, additional process from this travel award application. Specific submission instructions for the travel award are detailed below.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

In addition to the online abstract submission process, please email the following three (3) pdf files to Donna Morrison, ASNTR Conference Coordinator (dmorriso@health.usf.edu) no later than 4:00 pm (EST) on January 15, 2008.

1. A single pdf file containing both a cover sheet on page 1 and your abstract on page 2.
   

   Page 1: Cover Sheet:
   The cover sheet should contain the following information as illustrated by the following example:

   Travel Award Applicant:	Sally Q. Neuroscience
   Position:	Graduate Student
   Email Address:	sally@biguneurosci.edu
   Gender:	female
   Race/Ethnicity:	Caucasian
   Disabled:	Yes or no
   Phone Number:	(555)555-5555
   Institution:	Big University of Neuroscience
   Advisor:	Fred Muckitymuck, Ph.D.
   Advisor’s Email:	fmuckity@biguneurosci.edu

   Page 2: Abstract:
   Please include the entire abstract including title, authors, institution and body.
   ***Save both pages as a single pdf file, use your last name and “STA” in the title of the file. Example: “NeuroscienceSTA.pdf”***

2. A pdf file of your updated curriculum vitae (CV), no page limitations.
   ***Save your CV file as a single pdf file, use your last name and “CV” in the title of the file. Example: “NeuroscienceCV.pdf***
3. A “Statement of Need” cover letter stating why you desire to attend the ASNTR conference and what additional resources, if any, are available to you to cover travel to the ASNTR conference. Please also include whether you have previously received an ASNTR travel award and if so, what year(s). This letter should be signed by you and countersigned by your advisor, scanned and saved as a pd file.
   ***Save your Statement of need letter file as a single pdf file, use your last name and “Statement” in the title of the file. Example: “NeuroscienceStatement.pdf***

 TRAVEL AWARD SELECTION PROCESS

Abstracts will be judged by the ASNTR Education and Training Committee using four different criteria:

1) the quality of the scientific writing,

2) the potential impact of the findings on the scientific field,

3) the degree of innovation in the research approach and

4) the amount/types of outcome measures utilized and completed.

Notification of awardees will take place by March 3rd, 2008. Award amounts will range from $500-$1000 (based on both need and geography) and will be presented to awardees in the form of a check in a special session at the opening of the ASNTR conference.

RULES OF ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL AWARDS

All recipients of travel awards must attend the 2008 ASNTR Short Course on Grantsmanship in order to receive a travel award. Exceptions to this requirement will be made on a case-by-case basis, e.g. international attendees. The ASNTR Short Course on Grantsmanship will be held at the ASNTR conference site and consist of two sessions that flank the ASNTR conference. The first session will be conducted from 1:00 – 4:00 pm on Thursday, May 1st with the second session taking place from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm on Sunday, May 4th - therefore travel arrangements should be made to accommodate this time frame. The cost of attending the ASNTR Short Course will be included in each travel award. The ASNTR Short Course on Grantsmanship has been revised from the previous session held in 2005 – attendees will no longer be generating their own group grant proposals. Further information about the ASNTR Short Course on Grantsmanship is available on the ASNTR website.

All applicants receiving a travel award must present their research either as an oral presentation or during the poster session as determined by the ASNTR Program Committee. Applicants submitting the highest rated abstracts may be asked to give an oral presentation at the meeting. If you are unable to give an oral presentation you must present your research as a poster, no one but you may present your awarded abstract.