Travel Awards for International Student Members

This award will provide up to $500 for student members attending either the joint Evolution meetings or SSB Standalone meetings to defray the costs of travel. Only applicants who are traveling to a different continent from where they reside to attend the meeting are eligible for the award. We will provide 10 awards each year, with preference given to students who will be presenting research at the meeting. These funds will be given as reimbursements for travel expenses.
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The Awards Committee will verify the applicants’ student status and funding justification. Then, ten awardees will be selected from the pool of eligible applicants. The Awards Committee will be sure to consider a set of awardees that is diverse in terms nationality, race, gender identity, and research area.

How to apply

Eligibility:
To be considered for this award, you must...
  1. be a current member of SSB (http://www.systbio.org/membership.html)
  2.  be enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student.
  3.  be based at an institution that is not on the same continent as the conference. For 2018, this award will be open to students traveling from Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. (If you are a student based in Europe, please look for these travel awards for the 2019 Evolution Meetings, which will be held in Providence, RI, USA. North American students will not be eligible in 2019.)

Deadline:  March 31, 2018

Application requires:
  • Presentation information, if you are presenting.
  • A statement about how attending the 2018 Evolution Meeting will help you advance in your career.

This award is no longer selecting applications for Evolution 2018. Please check back here in early 2019 to apply for next year's conference!

Contact

Please email the SSB Awards Director at awards@systematicbiologists.org if you have any questions.
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