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: 3/25/2010
Application Deadline: 4/30/2010 (5 p.m. Pacific Time)

Expenses the Travel Scholarship Covers

Roundtrip airfare or train fare * to/from Anaheim, California
Hotel lodging from 9/29/10-10/2/10 (room and tax only)

Train option is only available for applicants traveling in California within a 150 mile radius from the conference site

Expenses NOT Included in the Travel Scholarship

Ground transportation to/from airport/train station
Conference registration fees
Membership dues
Charges that accompany changes to travel itinerary after reservation has been booked

Award Notification
Applicants will be notified about their status via the email address provided in the travel scholarship application. Applicants from the spring deadline (April 30th) will be notified in July. Travel scholarship recipients must submit their E-contract by the stated deadline in the award notification email. NOTE: Failure to submit the E-contract by the deadline will result in award withdrawal.

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

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

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.

Application Process
Please refer to the following PDF links containing information on all necessary requirements, an application checklist, award details, and answers to "Frequently Asked Questions" specific to the travel scholarship application by applicant type:

Application Submission Tutorial
For step-by-step assistance with your application, view the "Applying for a SACNAS Travel Scholarship": PowerPoint or QuickTime movie.

If you have any questions regarding the travel scholarship application and/or process please contact the SACNAS Travel Scholarship Program Manager at (toll free) 1-877-SACNAS-1, ext. 231.

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.