Penny Lea wins SfN Graduate Student Travel Award
The Dallas Area Neuroscience Group congratulates Penny Lea in being selected for the SfN Graduate Student Travel Award. This award is supported by Eli Lilly & Co. and the Vernon Rowland Memorial Fund.It has been designed to recognize the promising work of graduate students who have been nominated by their local chapters for excellence in neuroscience.
THE AWARD CONSISTS OF:
As a travel award winner, Penny is entitled to a) a stipend to defray some of the travel expenses - this usually takes care of an economy class airline ticket to the venue b) receive complimentary registration to the Society for Neuroscience 36th Annual Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia.
SELECTION PROCESS:
The selection process was such:Six graduate student abstracts were submitted to a selection committee chaired by an independent neuroscience professor. Care was taken that the Chairman selected did not have a graduate student applying for the award.There are 117 SfN chapters and each chapter submits one Graduate Student Nominee. Of these, this year, 50 of the most promisingcandidates were selected by a committee based in SfN headquarters,Washington DC. Awardees are chosen on the basis of the scientific merit of the abstract, evidence of outreach activities, as well as letters of nomination from the Principal Investigator/Mentor and the local nominating chapter. Further details about the award protocol can be accessed at
http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=TravelAwards_gradtravel
THE AWARD CONSISTS OF:
As a travel award winner, Penny is entitled to a) a stipend to defray some of the travel expenses - this usually takes care of an economy class airline ticket to the venue b) receive complimentary registration to the Society for Neuroscience 36th Annual Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia.
SELECTION PROCESS:
The selection process was such:Six graduate student abstracts were submitted to a selection committee chaired by an independent neuroscience professor. Care was taken that the Chairman selected did not have a graduate student applying for the award.There are 117 SfN chapters and each chapter submits one Graduate Student Nominee. Of these, this year, 50 of the most promisingcandidates were selected by a committee based in SfN headquarters,Washington DC. Awardees are chosen on the basis of the scientific merit of the abstract, evidence of outreach activities, as well as letters of nomination from the Principal Investigator/Mentor and the local nominating chapter. Further details about the award protocol can be accessed at
http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=TravelAwards_gradtravel
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