Student Awards
For applications, contact the appropriate APS office as listed at 9650
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3991. Phone: 301-634-7118; fax:
301-634-7242; e-mail:
[email protected]
AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship
Award: a stipend for the duration of the 10-week program, plus
travel expenses
Contact: APS Communications Office
Deadline: January 15
APS sponsors an American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) Mass Media Science and Engineering fellow. This individual will spend
a summer working in the newsroom of a newspaper, magazine, or radio or
television station, sharpening his or her ability to communicate complex
scientific issues to nonscientists and helping to improve public
understanding of science.
Candidates must be enrolled as a graduate or postgraduate student of
physiology or a related discipline. Generally, a background in scientific
writing is preferred. It is recommended that applicants be able to
demonstrate, through press clippings of their work, a history of
communicating scientific information to the public.
For more information click here or contact
Stacy Brooks in the APS Communications Office (301-634-7253 or
[email protected]).
Brochure and Application
Caroline
tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards
Award: $500
Contact: Education Office
Deadline: Coincides with Experimental Biology meeting abstract
deadline
This award provides funds for junior physiologists to attend and
participate fully in the Experimental Biology meeting. The award is granted
to as many as 36 male or female graduate students or postdoctoral fellows.
To be considered for the award, the candidate must be first author of an
abstract submitted to APS and either the candidate or the abstract sponsor
must be an APS member. The recipient receives $500 and complimentary
registration for the Experimental Biology meeting. A recipient must attend
and present a paper at the meeting.
More Information and
Application
2005 tum Suden Recipients
APS Conference Student Awards
Award: Varies
Contact: Membership Services Office
Deadlines: Coincides with Experimental Biology meeting abstract
deadline
To encourage the participation of young scientists in training, awards
are granted for outstanding abstract presentation by a graduate student
and/or postdoctoral fellow who present a contributed paper and attend any of
the APS Conferences. The recipient usually receives a cash award and
complimentary registration. Guidelines can be found in the APS Conference's
Call for Papers booklet.
Porter Physiology Fellowships for Minorities
Award: $18,000 stipend
Contact: Education Office
Deadline: January 15 and June 15
This award is designed to support the training of talented students
entering careers in physiology by providing predoctoral fellowships for
underrepresented students (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans,
Native Alaskans, and Native Pacific Islanders).
The applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or
its territories. The applicant must have been accepted into or currently
enrolled in a graduate program in physiology at the time of the application.
More Information and
Applications
Minority Travel Fellowship Awards
Award: Experimental Biology or APS Conference travel expenses paid
Contact: Education Office
Deadline: One week after the Experimental Biology abstract deadline
or APS Conference abstract deadline
The APS Minority Travel Fellowship Award for physiologists from
underrepresented minority groups (African Americans, Hispanics, Native
Americans, Native Alaskans, and Native Pacific Islanders) sponsored by NIDDK
and NIGMS, are open to advanced undergraduate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral
students. Students in the APS Porter Physiology Development Program are
eligible to apply. Minority faculty members at MBRS and MARC-eligible
institutions may also submit applications. The intent of this award is to
increase participation of pre- and postdoctoral minority students in
physiological sciences. The recipient receives funds for travel and a per
diem to attend either the Experimental Biology meeting or one of the APS
Conferences. Each recipient is matched with an APS mentor at the meeting.
2005 Minority Travel Fellowship Recipients
APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological
Genomics
Award: $32,000 annual stipend and $3,500 trainee allowance;
$34,000 second- year stipend with $3,500 trainee allowance
Contact: Dr. Martin Frank
Deadline: January 15
Formerly known as the APS-Genentech Postdoctoral Fellowship, the APS
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics has been established in
recognition of the fact that many advances in genomics ultimately require a
functional understanding in the context of the organism, and special
training is needed to conduct this type of research. The ideal candidate is
one who has completed outstanding work in a top-flight graduate program
(e.g., molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and who has the intention of
employing organ system approaches during his/her postdoctoral training.
Alternatively, a well-trained graduate in integrative physiology might wish
to expand his/her work through the use of molecular biological tools and
genomics. A central criterion of the postdoctoral project requires the
scientist to use the tools of cellular and molecular biology in the setting
of the whole animal. [Assays and/or analyses can be performed in
vitro on material harvested from control and experimental animals, but
material cannot solely be harvested and then exposed to the control and
experimental conditions in vitro].
A candidate for this program should identify a laboratory and sponsor
under whose supervision a project in organ system physiology and molecular
biology/genomics can be combined. The laboratory host/sponsor must be a
member of the American Physiological Society, and it is anticipated that
award recipients will join the Society. The award funds cover a two-year period
and include an annual stipend for the first year of $32,000, plus a trainee
allowance of $3,500; and a second-year stipend of $34,000, plus a trainee
allowance of $3,500. The award does not include an indirect cost
reimbursement.
Adequate progress must be demonstrated by a written report submitted to
the APS following the first year before a second year stipend and trainee
allowance can be awarded.
Application
Recipients
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