Grants and Merit Awards for Travel
These grants and awards support travel to attend and present at the Annual Meeting.
Travel Grants
Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund (LEMTTF)
The Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund was established by the Society for the Study of Reproduction in honor of the late Dr. Larry Ewing, who was an ardent supporter of SSR’s commitment to trainees. The Fund is intended to provide travel assistance for Trainee Members of the Society to attend and present their research results at the Society's Annual Meeting. It is managed by the Trainee Affairs Committee, and is supported by donations, by grant monies from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD/NIH, and by the sale of commemorative t-shirts at each meeting. Any Trainee member of the Society who is presenting an abstract at the Society's Annual Meeting may request travel assistance. Funding is intended for trainees who are active in research but have limited funds. Grants are considered a reimbursement of meeting expenses. Trainees must preregister for the annual meeting before submitting an application for a travel grant.
To be a qualified applicant, you must be:
- a current trainee member of SSR (dues are paid and mentor's signature is on file in the SSR Office by 1 March 2012, the deadline for submission of abstracts), and
- the presenter of an accepted abstract at the Annual Meeting.
The application must be accompanied by a photocopy of the SSR abstract acceptance notification. Applicants are encouraged to fax applications. Applications for the LEMTTF funds must be received by 29 June 2012; please allow one week to receive confirmation of receipt before contacting the LEMTTF awards coordinator or before refaxing the application. Please send LEMTTF applications to Ayelet Ziv-Gal by email (zivgal1@illinois.edu) or fax to (217) 244-1652.
The 2012 Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund Application will be made available after the abstract submission deadline (1 March 2012).
Burroughs Wellcome Travel Fellowships for Underrepresented Minority Trainees and Junior Faculty from the U.S.A. or Canada
More information regarding the Burroughs Wellcome Travel Fellowships will be posted in the near future.
Merit Awards
FASEB MARC Travel Awards
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), through its Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program, support Trainee participation in scientific meetings. Because SSR is a member of FASEB, interested and eligible individuals may apply to the FASEB MARC for funding to support travel to SSR's Annual Meeting. Applicants must be Trainee members of SSR and must be presenting a poster or making an oral presentation at the meeting. Note that the application is restricted to underrepresented trainees who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.A. More information is available on the FASEB MARC website:
USDA NIFA AFRI Merit Awards
(The SSR anticipates receipt of a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, to support these Merit Awards.)
Abstracts entered in competition for the USDA NIFA AFRI Merit Awards must represent research performed primarily by the presenter and must relate to the AFRI goal of benefiting or enhancing our understanding of reproduction in agriculturally important species. The competition is open to qualifying SSR Trainee members, regardless of country of origin. The Awards Committee will rate the abstracts according to how well each meets the USDA NIFA AFRI objectives and the following criteria:
- relevance to the goal of the NIFA AFRI,
- scientific merit,
- interpretation and impact of the results, and
- clarity of the abstract.
The name(s) of the author(s) or place(s) where the research was conducted will not be revealed to the Awards Committee during evaluations of the abstracts. Abstracts eligible for a USDA NIFA AFRI Merit Award may also be considered for an SSR Trainee Research Award. For a list of qualifications for this award, please see the Qualifications page.
Ten presenters will be selected to receive a USDA NIFA AFRI Merit Award of $500 to attend and present at the 2012 SSR Annual Meeting. The winning abstracts will be noted in the program of the Annual Meeting, the presenters will be recognized at the Annual Meeting, and each awardee will also receive a ribbon identifying him/her as the recipient of a USDA NIFA AFRI Merit Award.
Questions concerning this award may be directed to Dr. Robert Viger, Chair of the SSR Awards Committee (robert.viger@crchul.ulaval.edu).
Lalor Foundation Merit Awards
(The SSR anticipates receipt of a grant from the Lalor Foundation to support these Merit awards.)
Abstracts entered in competition for the Lalor Foundation Merit Awards must represent research performed primarily by the presenter. The competition is open to qualifying SSR Trainee members, regardless of country of origin. The Awards Committee will rate the abstracts according to the following criteria:
- scientific merit,
- interpretation and impact of the results, and
- clarity of the abstract.
The name(s) of the author(s) or place(s) where the research was conducted will not be revealed to the Awards Committee during evaluations of the abstracts. Abstracts eligible for a Lalor Foundation Merit Award may also be considered for an SSR Trainee Research Award. For a list of qualifications for this award, please see the Qualifications page.
Presenters will be selected to receive a Lalor Foundation Merit Award to attend and present at the 2012 SSR Annual Meeting. The winning abstracts will be noted in the program of the Annual Meeting and the presenters will be recognized at the Annual Meeting; and each awardee will also receive a ribbon identifying him or her as the recipient of a Lalor Foundation Merit Award.
Questions concerning this award may be directed to Dr. Robert Viger, Chair of the SSR Awards committee (robert.viger@crchul.ulaval.edu).