Overview

We are pleased to offer the travel grants listed below. Each grant provides an award amount towards travel, and complimentary registration to the Plant and Animal Genome Conference. Some grants require the applicant to be traveling to the conference from outside the US, so please check the eligibility requirements carefully.

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Awards will be presented at the Closing Banquet on Wednesday evening at the conference.

Instructions

Details and applications for each grant are below. There is one application that covers the Earl J. Scherago, Jerome P. Miksche, and Michael D. Gale Travel Grants - you do not need to fill out three separate forms. Please download the appropriate pdf, fill it out on screen, save, and email to the appropriate coordinator listed on the application. If the grant requires either a letter verifying the applicant's status as a graduate student or a letter of reccommendation from their department or office, please be sure this letter is on offical letterhead from your institution or organization and send as an email attachment, along with completed application. All grants also require that a poster abstract is officially submitted via Poster Abstract Submission Form on this website. All grants, except for the Aquaculture Species Group Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Bursaries (which is due September 30, 2011), have a deadline of November 1, 2011.

Aquaculture Species Group Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Bursaries

The Aquaculture Genomics Group of the NRSP-8 is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of Travel Bursaries, of up to $1,000, to support the attendance of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at PAGXX. All graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who submit an abstract to the Aquaculture Workshop are eligible for consideration. Applicants must also submit a poster abstract and attach a letter from their advisor verifying they are a graduate student and will attend the PAG meeting to present a poster.

Award selections will be made and awardees will be notified soon after the September 30 deadline. Awards will be paid after the meeting as a travel stipend.

Procedure: Please email completed application and attach a letter verifying your status as a graduate student to Sylvie Quiniou - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Application Deadline: September 30, 2011

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Neal A. Jorgenson Genome Travel Award

Award is for up to $1000 for travel expenses and registration provided by each genome coordinator, for a graduate student in the US to travel to and attend PAGXX. Applicant must be a current, non post-doctorate graduate student residing in the USA. Please complete the application and email to the relevant
Genome Coordinator listed below. Applicants must also submit a poster abstract and attach a letter from their professor/advisor, verifying they are a graduate student and will attend the PAG meeting to present a poster.

Procedure: Please email completed application, along with a letter verifying your status as a graduate student, to the relevant Genome Coordinator below:

• Cattle / Juan F. Medrano - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Equine / E. Bailey - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Pig / Dr. Max Rothschild - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Poultry / Jerry B. Dodgson - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Sheep / Noelle Cockett - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Bioinformatics / James Reecy - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Application Deadline: November  11, 2011 - 

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Scherago International Student Travel Grants Awards

There are four (4) available awards in the amount of $350 each for travel expenses and complimentary registration from Scherago International, for a graduate student to travel to and attend PAGXX. Applicant must be a non post-doctorate graduate student, and submit proof on school letterhead. Please complete the application and email to the appropriate coordinator, listed below. Applicants must also submit a poster abstract, and a letter from their advisor (on official school letterhead ) verifying they are a graduate student and will attend the PAG meeting to present a poster.

Procedure: Please email completed application and letter verifying your status as a graduate student to the relevant coordinator listed below:

• Plants / Dr. Doug Bigwood - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Animals / Dr. Max Rothschild - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Application Deadline: November 1, 2011

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Michael D. Gale Travel Grant Award

In honor of one of the founders of the PAG meeting and a leader in the plant genome community, Scherago International is sponsoring the Michael D. Gale Travel Grant Award. This award is for one travel grant in the amount of $1000 and complimentary registration for an international plant genome researcher who has NOT previously attended a PAG meeting. Applicants must also submit a poster abstract, and one letter of recommendation from their department/office in order to be considered for this award.

Procedure: Please email completed application and attach a letter of recommendation to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Application Deadline: November 1, 2011

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Jerome P. Miksche Travel Grant Award

Scherago International again is sponsoring the Jerome P. Miksche Travel Grant Award. This award is for one travel grant in the amount of $1,000 and complimentary registration for a international plant genome researcher who has NOT previously attended a PAG meeting. Applicants must also submit a poster abstract, and one letter of recommendation from their department/office in order to be considered for this award

Procedure: Please email completed application and attach a letter of recommendation to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Application Deadline: November 1, 2011

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Earl J. Scherago Travel Grant Award

Scherago International, in honor of the passing in 2000 of the founder of the company, is sponsoring the Earl J. Scherago Travel Grant Award. This award is for one travel grant award of $1000 and complimentary registration for an international plant genome researcher who has NOT previously attended a PAG meeting. Applicants must also submit a poster abstract, and one letter of recommendation from their department/office in order to be considered for this award

Procedure: Please email completed application and attach a letter of recommendation to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Application Deadline: November 1, 2011

Download Application.