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ASN Young Latin American Scholars Travel Award
The American Society for Neurochemistry is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for young neuroscientists from Latin American countries. These awards provide $2,000 for travel expenses to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Neurochemistry. The award winner will also visit, for a period not shorter than one additional week, an established neuroscience laboratory in North America. The ASN hopes that these awards will teach young scientists new techniques, foster mentoring relationships, and encourage the conceptualization and implementation of new approaches to neurobiological problems.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Awards are restricted to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty no more than 35 years of age at the time of application.
- Applicants must be first (presenting) author of a submitted abstract.
- Applicants may not have received a YLA Award from ASN previously.
- No more than two applicants from any laboratory may apply.
TO APPLY:
Step One: Please fill out the online application form
Step Two: Please prepare, as a single PDF document, the following items:
- A brief cover letter containing a statement of your career goals, and the purpose of your visit to a particular neuroscience laboratory in North America.
- A letter of recommendation from a senior scientist who is familiar with the applicant’s research.
- A two page NIH format curriculum vitae – (link to example)
- Letter from Host Laboratory accepting the visit of the applicant
Step Three: Email the PDF file to Juana Pasquini, PhD, Chairperson, ASN YLA Committee at ASNYLA@asneurochem.org
Please do not email more than one application in each email.
If there are any questions about the application process, please email them to the above address.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION MATERIALS IS NOVEMBER 15th, 2008
CAENLA Seeks Host Laboratories for Young Latin American Scholars Travel Awardees
ASN’s (CAENLA) has offered a Young Latin American Scholars (YLAS) award since 2003. This year, CAENLA is requesting invitations from North American laboratories interested in hosting YLAS awardees from Latin America for one or two week research internships after the meeting.
Download the invitation here.
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