[BIC-announce] Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship 2016

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This is an opportunity for all trainees supervised by one of the 16 BIC core PIs.


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Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship 2016


The Dr. Hubert van Tol travel fellowship has been created in memory of neuroscientist Dr. Hubert van Tol.  The fellowship is open to all PhD students and postdoctoral fellows performing research as part of a Brain Canada MIRI or PSG team. The student or fellow will be selected on a competitive basis by an expert committee established by Brain Canada. The committee will award the fellowship based upon the criteria outlined below.

Purpose: To allow PhDs and postdoctoral fellows to attend a major international  conference/symposium or training course outside of Canada.

Amount of award: $5,000

Number of awards: One per year

Application deadline: May 31st, 2016.
Eligibility: Open to all PhD students and postdoctoral fellows performing research as part of a Brain Canada MIRI or PSG team.

Award criteria—international conference/symposium

  1.  The applicant must be doing research as part of one of Brain Canada’s MIRI or PSG teams;
  2.  The meeting must be a major international symposium or conference in the neuroscience field;
  3.  The applicant must have submitted an abstract to the meeting.

Award criteria—training course

  1.  The applicant must be doing research as part of one of Brain Canada’s MIRI or PSG teams.
  2.  The training course must be directly relevant to the proposed experiments in the grant;
  3.  The course must not be in one of the labs of the PI or co-applicants on the grant;
  4.  The course must not be available in the location of the trainee's lab.

Application procedures
The applicant must submit:

  1.  a one-paragraph description of the international conference/symposium or training course;
  2.  if applying to attend an international conference/symposium, the abstract submitted; if applying to attend a training course, a description of the course’s relevance to the proposed experiments in the grant and the anticipated learning;
  3.  a two-page CV listing academic history (degrees obtained, professional history), awards and honours, and publications;
  4.  a budget detailing travel costs and conference/training course fees.

Applications should be sent by email to Nabilah Chowdhury at: nabilah.chowdhury at braincanada.ca<mailto:nabilah.chowdhury at braincanada.ca>



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