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Travel & Diversity Grant Application Deadline: April 1, 2019
NNS TRAVEL AWARDS
To apply for a travel award, you must register online, then submit an abstract in order to activate the travel award application section. In the unlikely event your abstract is not accepted, a refund for your registration fee may be requested.
A total of 20 Travel Ggrants in the amount of $750 each were awarded this year.
The 2019 Travel Grant Awardees are:
| Sasha Antunez |
| Emily Blanke |
| Rhys Brady |
| Rita De Campos Pires Santos e Sousa |
| Sean Collins |
| Carla Fortes-Monteiro |
| Lauren Hanlon |
| Rebecca Henry |
| James Hong |
| Julia Kumar |
| Katelynn Ondek |
| Victoria Parrilli |
| Hannah Radabaugh |
| Rahul Sachdeva |
| Sabrina Salberg |
| Ryan Sandarage |
| Ekta Shah |
| Mujun Sun |
| Jenny Szu |
| Zoe Tapp |
DIVERSITY GRANTS
The National Neurotrauma Society offers a limited number of Diversity Fellowships which include funds to be used for registration, lodging and/or airfare to attend the annual meeting. A total of 7 Diversity grants in the amount of $750 each were awarded this year.
The 2019 Diversity Grant awardees are:
| Hana Abdirahman |
| Ivette Bañuelos |
| Martina Hernandez |
| Briana Martinez |
| J. Bryce Ortiz |
| Epiphani Simmons |
| Jennifer Yonan |
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Any trainee from an underrepresented group may apply.
- Applicants do not need to be members of the NNS or AANS.
- Applicants must be first (presenting) author of a submitted abstract.
- Applicants may not have received a Travel Award from NNS in the past 2 years.
- There is no limit on the number of applications from one lab, however, no more than 1 grant will be awarded to any one lab.
TO APPLY:
Step One: Register and submit your abstract online. Then you will have access to the travel award application form.
Step Two: The online form will collect general information and request that you upload, in PDF format, the following documents (How to convert MS Word Documents to PDF Documents?):
- A full curriculum vitae. (Sample CV)
- A cover letter containing a statement about your career goals and about how attending the NNS meeting will support these career goals.
Step Three: Submit online form and then view the accuracy of your application. You will be able to edit it until the application process closes.
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