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The Mark A. Hall Memorial Travel Award

Photo of Mark A. HallDr. Mark A Hall was a bright post-doctoral scientist with a promising future in the Cancer Biology Department here at Scripps Florida. The goal of the Mark A. Hall Memorial Travel Award is to support post-docs pursuing advanced training in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The program offers post-doctoral trainees the opportunity to participate in a premier scientific meeting.

Past Travel Award winners

Fall 2012 - Guillaume Mousseau 

Spring 2012 - Nicole Rogers

Fall 2011 - Alex Price

Scope

The goal of this initiative is to provide postdoctoral associates an opportunity to present scholarly activities at un upcoming scientific conference.

Administrative info

To be eligible, applications need to be submitted on the SRF website by October 1st and April 1st, the beginning of each evaluation cycle. Each evaluation cycle will award TWO grants of up to $1,000 each. Individual departmental administrative assistants will process the paperwork and distribute the money. Upon receiving notice of receipt of award, reimbursement will require proof of conference attendance and receipts, following the standard TSRI travel reimbursement policies.

Eligibility

  1. Only full-time research associates may apply.

  2. Active participation in the meeting or conference (i.e., oral or poster presentation) is required. In the case of co-authored papers, both authors are eligible.

  3. A research associate can submit only one proposal per evaluation cycle (Oct and April).

  4. Previous TSRI SRF Postdoc Travel Award recipients are NOT eligible.

Specific Proposal Guidelines

The application should include:

  1. Application form, signed by PI.

  2. Meeting description: Include name, date, location, and how attending this meeting will advance your career as a researcher (max 300 words).

  3. Abstract: Please provide an abstract of the data that will be presented at the meeting, preferably accepted conference abstract (max 300 words, or conference format).

Evaluation

The meeting description and abstract documents of applications that meet minimal quality standards will be assessed on a five point scale by an internal committee, made up of two faculty members and two previous SRF travel award winners. The applicants will be divided according to whether they attended a scientific conference outside of Palm Beach County in the two years prior to the submission deadline, and the application with the best average score in each respective pool will be selected. In case of a tie (less than 0.25 points difference), applicants with past volunteer service to SRF will be preferred, and in lieu of that, preference will be given to applicants who regularly attend SRF meetings.


FAQs

Q: What will the award cover?

A: Fees and expenses associated with attending a specified scientific conference. This can include airline tickets, hotel expenses, ground transportation fare, and registration fees.

Q: Can I apply for the award before I’ve been notified of my abstract’s acceptance? Can I apply for the award even if I’m not 100% sure I will attend?

A: Yes. If you win the award, you will not receive any reimbursement from SRF until you produce receipts or proof of registration. If you win the award, then find out you will not be attending the conference, please notify us as soon as possible so we can choose another recipient.

How to Apply?

Download the application form from the link below and submit it directly to Sietse Jonkman via campus mail (Mail code 2A2).

SRF Travel Award Application

Please direct any questions to Sietse Jonkman at sjonkman@scripps.edu