FASEB MARC Travel Awards

American Peptide Society Members Receive FASEB Membership Benefits:

FASEB SOCIETY MEMBER BENEFITS

MARC OFFERS:

(Minority Access to Research Careers)

Travel Awards for National Scientific Meetings & Conferences

The FASEB MARC Program provides funding for travel awards to support the participation of Faculty/ Mentors and Students, and Poster/Oral Presenters at selected scientific meetings and conferences. The awards help to defray travel-related expenses (lodging, transportation, per diem) associated with meeting/conference attendance. In addition to the travel award, an allowance for meeting registration fees at the advance registration rate is provided. Travel awards are processed as reimbursements to the award recipients. An award recipient will be required to pay his/her meeting and travel-related expenses first, and then request reimbursement from the FASEB MARC Program Office after completion of the meeting/conference. There are two types of travel awards available:

Faculty/Students Travel Award - click here for application form

Each award provides funding for one faculty member/mentor and two graduate or undergraduate students from a minority institution to participate in one of the selected national meetings or conferences. (See listing of eligible meetings and conferences included in this brochure). The faculty/mentor must nominate two graduate or undergraduate students who are pursuing research careers in a life sciences discipline.

Poster/Oral Presenter Travel Award - click here for application form

Each award provides funding for one underrepresented minority graduate/undergraduate student or postdoctoral fellow who has been selected to give an oral or poster presentation at one of the selected national meetings or conferences

Eligibility and Requirements

All travel award recipients must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents ('green card') of the U.S., and must reside within the U.S. or U.S. territories.

All full-time faculty members/mentors, students, and postdoctoral fellows meeting the citizenship/residency requirements at accredited minority-serving institutions are eligible to apply for the travel awards. Full-time underrepresented minority students and postdoctoral fellows meeting the citizenship/residency requirements at accredited majority institutions are also eligible to apply for the travel awards.

NOTE: We are prohibited from providing funds to employees and trainees at federal facilities who received federal support for their salary/wages. For more information regarding Federal Travel Regulations, visit http://www.gsa.gov and type in Federal Travel Regulations in the search box.

A written recommendation from the Department Head or Dean must accompany the applications. In addition, the application package should include a brief statement from the faculty member and students as to what anticipated benefits will be obtained by attending the meeting or conference.

For poster/oral presentation travel award applicants (1st Authors only): Abstracts submitted and accepted as a poster or oral presentation will be used as the basis for the awards. The FASEB MARC Program Travel Award Selection Committee will select the award recipients based on the accepted abstracts of applicants who are eligible for FASEB MARC Program funding as specified by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health.

Please refer to the Travel Awards for National Scientific Meetings/Conferences application form or contact the FASEB MARC Program Office at marc@faseb.org for more information.

The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a generous grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health.