TRAVEL STIPENDS FOR UNDER-REPRESENTED RESEARCHERS
DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2008

Thank you for your interest in CITRM travel stipends. Travel stipends are provided on a competitive basis to members of under-represented groups, with application materials submitted to the CITRM Travel Stipend Selection Committee. "Under-represented" is here defined as members of a North American racial or ethnic minority group (including African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Native American, or Pacific Islander); a member of a legally-defined physically challenged group; or a citizen or permanent resident of those nations with economies defined by the World Bank as low income, lower middle income, or upper middle income, on the basis of gross national income (for a complete list of World Bank-categorized nations, see website link:

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20421402~menuPK:64133156~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html#lincome.).

Stipends are available for both novice researchers and more experienced scientists. "Novice Researchers" are defined as those who completed training less than 5 years prior to application time. In turn, "Experienced Researchers" are defined as individuals who completed training 5 or more years prior to application. Stipends will include conference fee waiver and funding toward airfare and lodging at the CITRM conference hotel.

Please click on this link Travel Stipends For Underrepresented and Minority Experienced Scientists

Please click on this link to Travel Stipends For Underrepresented and Minority Novice Scientists

Please click on this link to see the names of the 2007 Travel Stipend Recipients

For more information, contact Lauren McSweeney at: Lauren.McSweeney@va.gov.