The Society for Neuroscience has unveiled its Chapter Travel Awards for the 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego.  The Winnipeg Chapter will be selecting 2 nominees for these awards – one graduate student and one postdoctoral fellow.

The following are the eligibility criteria:

• Nominees must be first author of an abstract to be presented at the annual meeting with an abstract of the highest scientific merit
• The nominee and his or her advisor must be active members of SfN (provide membership ID numbers)
• The nominee must be a graduate student who has advanced to candidacy for a PhD or a postdoctoral fellow
• Only one applicant from a given laboratory may be considered by a chapter in any given calendar year 
• Nominee may not be nominated for an award two years in a row
• Nominee is not a recipient of another SfN travel award in the same year

If you are interested in applying please forward the following information to Kelly Jorundson (wcsn@sbrc.ca) by JUNE 5, 2013:

• Completed Graduate Student or Postdoctoral Trainee application
• Copy of the abstract submitted for the SfN annual meeting
• A one-page letter of recommendation from the nominee's mentor/advisor commenting on the nominee's contributions to neuroscience research
• Applicant’s one-page CV, including education (graduate student nominees must include the date they advanced to PhD candidacy and PhD nominees must include the date they were awarded their postdoctoral degree), honors/awards, and publications (abstracts and manuscripts)

Thanks and good luck!

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Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D.

President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience

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