Student Travel Award to the 2013 ASMS Conference
Application Deadline: 5 PM EST Friday March 1, 2013
The Greater Boston Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group is pleased to announce the 5th annual GBMSDG graduate student travel awards to the 61st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. This year’s conference is to be held in Minneapolis MN, June 9-13. Two awards of $1,250 each are to be named.
Eligibility
Applicants must be registered graduate students at a university/college in the greater Boston area, and current members of GBMSDG. The student’s thesis research advisor must also be a member of the GBMSDG (please register at www.gbmsdg.org). Applicants must first submit by 2/1/13 an abstract directly to the ASMS conference website, www.asms.org. The travel awards are contingent upon ASMS abstract acceptance by the ASMS conference committee.
Applications
Students should send by email:
- A copy of the previously submitted 2013 ASMS conference abstract on the research they will present
- A curriculum vitae
- A brief cover letter discussing career plans or related considerations
- A letter of recommendation must be sent separately by the student's thesis advisor
All materials should be sent to the attention of
Dr. Scott Shaffer, of the GBMSDG executive board at: awards@gbmsdg.org.
The deadline for the receipt of all materials is 5:00 PM EST Friday March 1, 2013. When the student receives an acceptance notification for a poster/oral abstract by ASMS, please forward this notification on to awards@gbmsdg.org to complete the travel awards application.
The application reviews and awards selection will be undertaken by an independent awards review committee, separate from the GBMSDG executive board. The two award winners will be announced at the April 2013 meeting of the GBMSDG.
For questions on the awards and application process please contact:
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Scott Shaffer scott.shaffer@umassmed.edu 508-856-8917 |
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Thomas Trainor
tom_trainor@agilent.com 978-681-2274 |
Good luck!