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The Early Registration Deadline has been extended through Friday, April 19, 2013. Take advantage of the early registration rates!!
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An Arthropod Genomics Symposium Travel Grant is being offered to support registration, lodging, and transportation to attend the 7th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium held at the University of Notre Dame from June 13 - June 15, 2013. Postdoctoral fellows and graduate students will be eligible to apply for funding; applications from individuals who do not have other financial support for the meeting will be favored.
The grant will cover: (1) registration to the symposium - $375 for postdocs, $175 for graduate students, (2) three nights residence hall lodging - $52/night, and (3) up to $1,000 for transportation costs.
The application must include: (1) CV – limited to two pages, (2) estimated cost of transportation, (3) abstract for poster presentation, (4) a paragraph on why you are interested in attending the symposium, including how your participation will increase diversity and add to the discussion, and (5) justification of your financial need.
Please send request for funding and required materials to the Eck Institute for Global Health (
ei...@nd.edu<mailto:
ei...@nd.edu>) by April 5, 2013. All applications will be reviewed and applicants will be notified by April 15, 2013 on the status of the award.
The 2013 Symposium is sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Eck Institute for Global Health, Kansas Sate University Arthropod Genomics Consortium, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.