Department of Pharmacology Student Travel Award

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The Graduate Training Committee (GTC) may award up to four $750 awards each year. A log will be kept of students that receive the award to keep track of this. Individual students may receive this award more than once during their graduate tenure, but, only once per academic calendar year. 

Conditions: 
A student must: 

1. Have a thesis mentor that has a primary appointment in the Department of Pharmacology.
2. Provide a copy of the related abstract indicating that the student is the 1st and presenting author. 
3. Write a paragraph justifying why the travel award is beneficial to his or her career.
4. Submit abstract and justification to Graduate Program administrator, currently Vanessa Martinez, and Graduate Program directors, currently Drs. Jason Aoto and James Costello.  They will share with the GTC.  Please indicate if the application is time sensitive in your email to them.
5. Pursue any other funding sources available (if, for instance, the meeting organizers offer any travel awards).
6. Demonstrate commensurate academic merit (subject to the discretionary review of the GTC).

Students can receive multiple travel awards at the same time. Students are encouraged to apply to all other travel support sources available to them where applicable: department, Dunwiddie, graduate school, Hirs award, and or any resources from the sponsoring society.

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Dunwiddie Travel Fellowship Award

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The Dunwiddie Fellowship Award provides funds for travel for students working in the area of neuropharmacology. Any student in a neuroscience focused lab within the Department of Pharmacology may apply for this award. The Fellowship is intended to be used to cover, at least in part, the costs of tuition, fees, and travel for scientific courses such as those offered at Cold Spring Harbor or Woods Hole, or for attendance at various other advanced courses or meetings (i.e., Gordon or Keystone Conferences) where attendance is subject to a competitive selection process undertaken by the course or meeting organizers. The Fellowship cannot be used to support attendance at large society meetings, such as the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. This award may only be received ONCE during a student’s Graduate School tenure.

A student must:

1. Be presenting material that is related to neuropharmacology
2. Provide a copy of the related abstract to the GTC indicating that the student is the 1st and presenting author.
3. Write a paragraph justifying why the travel award is beneficial to his or her career
4. Pursue any other funding sources available (if, for instance, the meeting organizers offer any travel awards)
5. Demonstrate commensurate academic merit (subject to the discretionary review of the GTC)

Application material should be submitted to the PharMM Program Directors, Jason Aoto (Jason.aoto@cuanschutz.edu) and/or Jim Costello (james.costello@cuanschutz.edu), and the PharMM Administrator, Vanessa Martinez (vanessa.5.martinez@cuanschutz.edu).

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After the meeting, students should send the Pharmacology Director of Finance and Administration, Stephanie Baker (Stephanie.J.Baker@cuanschutz.edu) a follow-up paragraph detailing what they learned from the meeting and how it enhanced their research and education. They should inform the front office that they received a travel award and the amount awarded, so that can be reconciled with their travel expenses.