SACNAS National Conference - Travel Scholarships

SACNAS offers travel scholarships (supporting travel and/or lodging) to assist undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and precollege educators to attend the SACNAS National Conference.

Application Guidelines
Application System Opens:TBD
Application Deadline: 4/30/2010 (5 p.m. Pacific Time)

Expenses the Travel Scholarship Covers

Roundtrip airfare to/from Anaheim, California
Hotel lodging (room and tax only)

Expenses NOT Included in the Travel Scholarship

Ground transportation to/from airports
Conference registration fees
Membership dues
Charges that accompany changes to flight itinerary after flight reservation has been booked

General Eligibility
All of the following prerequisites must be met in order to have access to the application:

1) Applicant must be one of the following:

Undergraduate student (including two-year community and tribal colleges)
Graduate student
Postdoc
Precollege teacher

2) Applicant must have an updated MySACNAS account and must be a paid SACNAS member current through 10/3/2010

Undergraduate Student Annual Membership	$25 US Dollars
Graduate Student Annual Membership	$25 US Dollars
Postdoc Annual Membership	$45 US Dollars
Precollege Teacher Annual Membership	$45 US Dollars

3) Applicant must be a paid SACNAS member current through 10/03/2010 students eligible for waived membership because of their chapter status must contact the SACNAS Chapter Program Manager first.

4) Applicant must have completed and paid registration for the 2010 SACNAS National Conference. Register at: MySACNAS/Registration Login
NOTE: The travel scholarship application is accessible ONLY after online conference registration and current membership are completed and paid in full or registration and/or dues sponsorship information has been provided to SACNAS; until one of these two payment options has been completed, the travel scholarship application link will NOT appear on your MySACNAS Home page.

Additional Application Requirements and Documents
Please refer to the following links containing information on all necessary requirements specific to travel scholarship applications by participant type:

Other Funding Sources

FASEB MARC Travel Awards: Available to attend the SACNAS conference.

The FASEB MARC Program provides funding for travel awards to support the participation of faculty/mentors, students, post baccalaureates, and poster/platform (oral) presenters at the SACNAS conference. These awards help to defray meeting registration and travel-related expenses (e.g., lodging, transportation, per diem) for eligible underrepresented minority students, post baccalaureates, junior faculty, and mentors/faculty scientists in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. (Please refer to the actual applications for the travel award amount).

FASEB MARC travel awards are processed as reimbursements to the award recipients. An award recipient will be required to pay his/her meeting and travel-related expenses first and then request reimbursement from the FASEB MARC Program Office after completion of the meeting/conference.

> To apply or for more information on the details of FASEB MARC travel support, see: FASEB MARC Travel Awards.