ASIP TRAINEE AWARD APPLICATONS

We are no longer accepting award applications.  If you submitted an application and require further information send an email to Kathleen Carmody at kcarmody@asip.org.
 

	ALL TRAINEES MAY APPLY FOR BOTH THE EPIT/MERIT AND TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARDS, IF THEY DESIRE.
	Special note for applicants eligible for the Minority Trainee Travel Awards: You may also submit applications for both the EPIT/Merit and Trainee Travel Awards.
	No trainee may receive more than one award.
	IMPORTANT: Separate applications must be submitted for each award.

Experimental Pathologist-in-Training (EPIT) and Merit  Awards
The EPIT is a prestigious award presented to ASIP trainee members who have excelled in their investigative efforts in studying mechanisms of disease, as evidenced by their abstract submission to the ASIP annual meeting, an extended research report, and a letter of recommendation attesting to the candidate’s role in the work and potential as a biomedical research investigator. The award includes: a certificate of achievement presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting Awards Presentation on Monday, April 3, presentation of the winning abstract at the Experimental Biology 2006 Meeting, a $1,500 honorarium and complimentary meeting registration. 

Candidates for the EPIT Award are also considered for ASIP Merit Awards ($1,250 plus complimentary registration), which will be awarded to the best graduate student abstract and to the best postdoctoral fellow/resident abstract.  Each applicant must be a trainee member of ASIP.  Prior winners of the Merit Award may reapply if the work submitted is clearly distinct from the work previously submitted for their winning application (not just a continuation of the same project).  In such cases, the applicants should submit a copy of the previous winning application along with the new application. 

Trainee Travel Award
To promote the entry of young scientists into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young investigative pathologists in the Annual Meeting, the American Society for Investigative Pathology is offering a limited number of Trainee Travel Awards of $500 each to offset travel expenses to the Experimental Biology 2006 Meeting.  The ASIP Program Committee will select the recipients based on the scientific abstracts.  Abstracts will be selected for presentation in either poster sessions or in minisymposia.  These abstracts need not be submitted strictly to ASIP categories. 

Minority Trainee Travel Award
The FASEB Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program has awarded ASIP funding to promote the entry of under-represented minority scientists and minority-serving institutions into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young investigative pathologists in the Annual Meeting.  Successful applicants will be reimbursed up to $1,350 in travel-related expenses plus the registration fee at the advance rate.  The ASIP Program Committee will select the recipients based on the scientific abstracts.  Abstracts will be selected for presentation in either poster sessions or in minisymposia (oral sessions).  These abstracts need not be submitted strictly to ASIP categories.  Awardees will be recognized and presented with this award during the ASIP Awards Presentation and Reception on Monday, April 3, 2006, in San Francisco.  (The FASEB Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program is supported by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health.)
 

American Society for Investigative Pathology
Investigating the Pathogenesis of Disease
9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland  20814-3993 (USA)
Tel: 301-634-7130, Fax: 301-634-7990
Email: asip@asip.org, Web: www.asip.org