Internal Funding Sources

Apply for a Stephanie Ruby Award. You can receive up to $1,500 to cover travel expenses—including airfare, hotel costs, per diem and registration costs. Available funds dictate the number of awards given on a competitive basis.

Eligibility: You must be pre-doctoral graduate students in good standing who work in the laboratory of a Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology faculty member.

The Application Process:

Apply by February 1 and September 1 each year.

Your application should include:

1. A one-page description of the conference (including conference name, date and location) and a narrative indicating how attendance will benefit your research and training. Include a statement of whether your application to attend the conference has yet been accepted.
2. A copy of your conference abstract.
3. A budget showing a breakdown of expenses (registration fees, airline, hotel, etc.), deducting any funds obtained from other sources (if any), and showing the total amount of the request.

Requirements: The Stephanie Ruby Predoctoral Travel Award should be acknowledged on the poster or in the talk at the conference, as well as in any publications that may result from work presented at the conference.

Please email applications to David Peabody and Sally Ann Garcia.

This award spurs research, scholarship and training of postdoctoral fellows. Funds will be provided to help postdoctoral fellows present their research at scientific conferences and meetings.

Terms: At least two awards will be given per year. Awards may be up to $1,000 to cover travel expenses, including airfare, hotel costs, per diem and registration fees.

Eligibility: You must be a current postdoctoral fellow working in the laboratory of a Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology faculty member.

To apply:

1. A one-page description of the conference (including conference name, date, and location) and a narrative indicating how attendance will benefit your research, scholarship and training. Include a statement of whether your application to attend the conference has yet been accepted.
2. A copy of your conference abstract.
3. A budget showing a breakdown of expenses (registration fees, airline, hotel, etc.), deducting any funds obtained from other sources (if any), and showing the total amount of the request.

Application deadlines are February 1 and September 1 each year.

Requirements: The Department of MGM Postdoctoral Travel Award should be acknowledged on the poster or in the talk at the conference, as well as in any publications that may result from work presented at the conference.

Please email application materials to Kathryn M. Frietze and Sally Ann Garcia.

Submit the following to David Peabody and Sally Ann Garcia for consideration.

1. Two-page summary describing the project and the respective roles of the individual laboratories.
2. Budget ($12,500 maximum) and budget justification. No faculty salary is permitted, and no more than 5% salary of a technician.

Collaborators that submit together cannot submit the same proposal more than once; projects must be different each year.

The START Award provides seed money of $2-5K for promising senior postdocs (at least 1.5 years in their PI's lab) to start their own project.  The START Award is intended to help promising postdocs transition to independence while remaining in their mentor's laboratory.