From: Porter, Kay [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 11:38 AM
Subject: Travel Awards with emphasis in Plant Biology, Genomics, and Genetics.

 

If this is your interest and you want to go to Jacksonville, Florida in March, apply now for a travel scholarship.

 

This is an amazing opportunity.

 

 

Kay

 

 

 

Dear Colleague,

I am writing to LSAMP coordinators, directors, and program assistants to ask for your help. The Maize Genetics Community would like to increase minority participation in our discipline, and we are offering travel grants to our annual professional conference. Our goal with these travel awards is to recruit future graduate students and post-docs as well as to engage early career faculty with the eventual goal of developing collaborative research projects. A similar effort last year resulted in new, productive collaborations. Camelia Okpodu was a new faculty contact for the maize community. As a result of her participation in the award program and attending last year’s maize meeting, she developed and submitted a new grant proposal from Norfolk State University on undergraduate research. We sincerely desire to continue and strengthen such relationships.

This year the conference will be held March 17-20, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida. Each award provides funding for travel, lodging, and conference registration. First-time conference attendees are encouraged to apply. The conference covers the latest advances in Plant Biology, Genomics, and Genetics. Awardees will be mentored during the conference to aid science career networking. Awardees will also be personally introduced to the invited Plenary Speakers.

Undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, and early-career faculty are all eligible to apply. Applicants must be members of underrepresented groups in science and be a US citizen or permanent resident. Faculty mentors of student awardees are also eligible to apply even if these mentors are not from underrepresented groups.

We ask for your help in raising awareness for this funding opportunity with your LSAMP, McNair, and Bridge to the Doctorate students who have an interest in Plant Biology and Genetics/Genomics. Could you please distribute the travel grant description to potential applicants from your programs? This could be through an e-mail list or posting on appropriate LSAMP websites or bulletin boards. A short description of this opportunity is listed below. I have also attached a pdf flier that we would be grateful if you could post or distribute. Thank you very much for your time and help.

 

Sincerely,

David Braun

Chair, Maize Genetics Conference Steering Committee

Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211

 

Tel. 573.882.1055

 

Conference Opportunity Description:

 

Travel Awards to the 58^th Annual Maize Genetics Conference are available for undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and early career faculty. The conference covers the latest advances in Plant Biology, Genomics, and Genetics. Awardees will be mentored during the conference to aid science career networking and will be personally introduced to the invited Plenary Speakers. Each award provides funding for travel, lodging, and conference registration. Applicants must be members of underrepresented groups in science and be a US citizen or permanent resident. First-time conference attendees are encouraged to apply. Applications are due by January 15, 2016. Apply at http://community.maizegdb.org/magnet/.  Contact David Braun ([log in to unmask]) for questions regarding this opportunity.