APS Awards $63,000 in Travel Fellowships to Minority
Scientists
Award dollars to be used for travel to the IUPS Meeting in San Diego
(3/31-4/5)
BETHESDA, Md. – The American Physiological Society (APS)
has awarded 42 minority travel fellowships to the 2005 International Union
of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) Congress. Students from across the U.S.
and Puerto Rico received these fellowships to facilitate their
participation in IUPS 2005 (held in conjunction with Experimental Biology
2005), which will attract more than 16,000 scientists from dozens of
scientific disciplines.
The purpose of this fellowship program is to increase
the participation of pre- and postdoctoral minority students in the
physiological sciences. All awardees receive funds for transportation,
meals, lodging and complimentary meeting registration. IUPS 2005 will be
held from March 31 – April 5 in San Diego, Ca.
In addition to attending the meeting, each fellow is
paired with an APS member who will serve as a mentor throughout the
conference. Mentors offer guidance on appropriate sessions to attend,
introduce fellows to other scientists and provide career advice.
These fellowships are made possible through grants
from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK).
2005 APS Minority Travel Fellows:
The travel awards are open
to graduate students, postdoctoral students and advanced undergraduate
students for minority groups underrepresented in science (African Americans,
Hispanics, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders). For more information,
please contact Stacy Brooks at 301-634-7253 or
sbrooks@the-aps.org, or visit
http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/index.htm.
