Six awards of $500 each will be awarded to students or trainees of IMD3 faculty who wish to present their work at a national, international, or regional conference. These awards are not intended to cover the entire cost of attending the conference, and should be supplemented from other sources.

There will be three deadlines for applications: October 3 , February 1, and June 1. Two awards will be given in response to each deadline.

The eligibility criteria for selection are:
=Must be a current student or trainee (e.g. postdoctoral fellow) of IMD3 faculty.
=Must be the primary presenter (talk or poster) of an abstract at the meeting.
=Only one award per student/trainee per year.
=Faculty may sponsor only one student/trainee per deadline.

Selection of awardees will be made by the IMD3 Travel Awards Committee, and will be based on the merits of the research being presented, the benefits derived by attendance at the meeting, and evaluation of letters from the applicant and the mentor (see below). The Committee reserves the right to alter the amount or number of awards. In the event that a member of the Committee has a conflict of interest regarding an applicant, an alternate who will be appointed by the Director of IMD3 will consider that application.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Applications may be submitted at any time to be considered at the next deadline date (October 3 , February 1, or June 1).

Applications should be submitted to Dr. Paula Bates, Chair of IMD3 Travel Awards Committee. They may be submitted electronically to paula.bates@louisville.edu, or by mail to 321B Delia B. Baxter Biomedical Research Building, 580 S. Preston Street, Louisville KY 40202.

Applications should include the following:

• =IMD3 Travel Awards application form (click here to download file).
  =A letter from the applicant describing the meeting, the significance of the research being presented, and explaining why it is important that they attend the meeting. Include a list of publications (if any) and previous presentations.
  =A letter from the IMD3 mentor that includes an assessment of the role of the student/trainee in the work being presented and a description of how they will benefit from attendance at the meeting.
• =A copy of the abstract that will be presented.
  =A budget and a description of the source of supplementary funding to cover remaining costs (e.g. Graduate School, departmental funds, mentor's grants).

Recipients of travel awards must acknowledge support by an IMD3 Travel Award in their presentation, and must provide evidence of their attendance of the meeting.

Questions regarding these awards should be directed to Dr. Paula Bates (email paula.bates@louisville.edu, phone 852 2432).

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