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PAG Travel Grants


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ISPMB Student Travel Grants:

The ISPMB is again sponsoring plant genome student travel grant awards of $400 each. This year there will be three (3) travel grants. For details please contact Dr. Rebecca Doerge by e-mail (doerge@stat.purdue.edu). The deadline for applying for these ISPMB travel grants is 4 October 2002. The ISPMB student travel grants will be presented at the Wednesday evening dinner. All students who receive travel grant awards will also receive their registration fee paid for by Scherago International. To apply, please fill out the ISPMB Travel Awards Application Form.


Neal A. Jorgensen Genome Travel Awards:

Partial funding ($525 travel award and complimentary registration from Scherago International) for graduate student (not postdoc) travel to the PAG meeting is available. Interested graduate students should contact the relevant Species Coordinator (pig, cattle, sheep, poultry, or (tentative) horse). The application should consist of a letter requesting why the award is being sought and a printed copy of the students' abstract. To apply, please fill out the Neal A. Jorgensen Genome Travel Awards Application Form. Notification will be after the abstract deadline of 4 October 2002.


Jerome P. Miksche Travel Grant Award:

Scherago International again is sponsoring the Jerome P. Miksche travel grant award. This award is for one travel grant award of $1000 to an international plant genome researcher who has NOT previously attended a PAG meeting. Applicants must submit a poster paper and one letter of recommendation from your department/office in order to be considered for this award. The application deadline is 4 October, 2002. For details please contact Dr. Douglas Bigwood (dwbigwood@yahoo.com). The award will be presented at the Wednesday evening dinner. To apply, please submit the poster and send the letter of recommendation to Dr. Bigwood.


Earl J. Scherago Travel Grant Award:

Starting with the PAG-X meeting Scherago International, in honor of passing in 2000 of the founder of their company, is sponsoring the Earl Scherago travel grant award. This award is for one travel grant award of $1000 to an international plant genome researcher who has NOT previously attended a PAG meeting. Applicants must submit a poster paper and one letter of recommendation from your department/office in order to be considered for this award. The application deadline is 4 October, 2002. For details please contact Dr. Douglas Bigwood (dwbigwood@yahoo.com). The award will be presented at the Wednesday evening dinner. To apply, please submit the poster and send the letter of recommendation to Dr. Bigwood.


Rockefeller Foundation Grants:

The Rockefeller Foundation is again providing funds for support of scientists to attend the PAG meeting. This year the emphasis of their support is for scientists from Africa. Please contact the Rockefeller grant coorodinator, Georgia Davis at the University of Missouri for more information.


Aquaculture Genomics Travel Grants:

Aquaculture Genomics travel awards are available for competition. All students and postdoctoral fellows are eligible. To apply, please send a short e-mail to Dr. Acacia Alcivar-Warren at acacia.warren@tufts.edu along with your abstract. Selection will be based on quality of research regardless of species or country of origin. The Selection Committee is composed of the members of NE-186 Aquaculture Genome Project Executive Committee. The winners will be informed as soon as determined and the awards will be presented during the Aquaculture Genomics Workshop.



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