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*Basic Presentation Skills Workshop Deadline Extended
*Experimental Biology Information
*Awards Available-EB and Otherwise
     Undergraduate Students
     Graduate Students
     Postdoctoral Fellows
     New Investigators
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Trainee Issues
Let your section�s trainee representative on the Trainee Advisory Committee know if you have any issues you�d like raised that pertain to trainees (see committee member page at http://www.the-aps.org/committees/trainee/members.htm.

Basic Presentation Skills Workshop Deadline Extended

NEW - Short Courses on Basic Presentation Skills

Dates:
January 18-21, 2007 � Orlando, FL
March 8-11, 2007 � Bethesda, MD

Application Deadline (for either course) � EXTENDED to Friday, Nov. 3

Do you want to...?
� Improve your skills at introducing yourself to colleagues, faculty members, chairs?
� Learn how to write a better meeting abstract?
� Know how to write a great poster?
� Learn what constitutes an effective poster design?
� Learn how to present your poster to different types of audiences?
� Discover how diversity issues may influence your presentation skills?
� Learn about resources that can further develop your presentation skills?
If so, then you'll want to apply for one of the APS's Short Course on Basic Presentation Skills.

Who can apply?
� Lower level graduate students (within first 1-3 years of graduate training)
� Applicants must be US citizens or permanent US residents
� Minority students active in APS, ASM, or SDB will be given priority.

What is the cost?
Thanks to support from NIGMS/NIH, accepted students will receive FREE:
� Registration and materials
� Travel support (roundtrip budget airfare or mileage)
� Subsistence (hotel-double occupancy, food per diem, and ground transportation)

For more information, FAQs about the course, and how to apply, please visit http://www.the-aps.org/education/professionalSkills/index.htm or contact Melinda Lowy, Higher Education Programs Coordinator, at mlowy@the-aps.org.

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Experimental Biology Information

The EB 2007 website is LIVE!
Abstract Deadline - November 8th
Don�t miss out on choice hotel rooms at the Experimental Biology meeting.
Check out the scientific programs offered by APS and the other societies participating in the meeting.
Determine which topic category to use for your abstract submission.
http://www.eb2007.org/

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Awards Available (EB and otherwise)

APS has instituted an online awards application system and is accepting applications for most awards online now at http://www.the-aps.org/awardapps.

Applications are available for the following awards:

Undergraduate students:
1) NIDDK Minority Travel Awards
Travel and per diem to attend Experimental Biology
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/stu_fellows/minority_tvl/apInfo_mt.htm
Deadline: Nov. 15

2) David S. Bruce Excellence in Undergraduate Research Awards
$500 award
1st-author abstract and 1-page letter
No citizenship requirements
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/student/bruce.htm
Deadlines: Nov. 8 for abstract submission; Jan. 12 for application submission

3) Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships
Program expanded to 24 fellowships in 2007
$3,000 stipend for student, $300 for faculty, $1000 for student travel to Experimental Biology meeting in 2008
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/education/ugsrf/index.htm
Deadline: Feb. 2

Graduate students:
1) Caroline tum Suden/Francis Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards
$500 award plus meeting registration
1st-author abstract submitted to Experimental Biology and 1-page letter
No citizen requirements
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/student.htm
Deadline: Nov. 8

2) Section awards available
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/section.htm
Deadlines: Nov. 8 and beyond

3) NIDDK Minority Travel Awards
Travel and per diem to attend Experimental Biology
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/stu_fellows/minority_tvl/apInfo_mt.htm
Deadline: Nov. 15

4) Porter Physiology Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students
$20,772 stipend
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/stu_fellows/porter_phy/apInfo_pp.htm
Deadline: Jan. 15

5) AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/student/aaas.htm
Deadline: Jan. 15

Postdoctoral Fellows:
1) Caroline tum Suden/Francis Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards
$500 award plus meeting registration
1st author abstract submitted to Experimental Biology and 1-page letter
No citizen requirements
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/student.htm
Deadline: Nov. 8

2) NIDDK Minority Travel Awards
Travel and per diem to attend Experimental Biology
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/stu_fellows/minority_tvl/apInfo_mt.htm
Deadline: Nov. 15

3) Section awards available
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/section.htm
Deadlines: Nov. 8 and beyond

4) AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow
Travel plus weekly stipend depending on location
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/student/aaas.htm
Deadline: Jan. 15

5) APS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics
1st year: $36,000 stipend and $3,500 trainee allowance
2nd year: $38,000 stipend and $3,500 trainee allowance
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/student.htm
Deadline: Jan. 15

New Investigators:
1) Giles F. Filley Memorial Awards for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology and Medicine
$20,000 award
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm
Deadline: Nov. 1

2) Arthur C. Guyton Awards for Excellence in Integrative Physiology
$15,000 award
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm
Deadline: Nov. 1

3) Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award
$7,000 award
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm
Deadline: Nov. 1

4) Lazaro J. Mandel Young Investigator Award
$7,500 award
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm
Deadline: Nov. 1

5) Section awards available
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/awards/section.htm
Deadlines: Nov. 8 and beyond

6) NIDDK Minority Travel Awards
Travel and per diem to attend Experimental Biology
For more information: http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/stu_fellows/minority_tvl/apInfo_mt.htm
Deadline: Nov. 15
 

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Sean Stocker, Milton Hamblin, and Erica Ariece Wehrwein
APS Trainee Advisory Committee

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