2018IUTOX Administered

SOT/SOT Endowment Fund Travel Awards

IUTOX announces the availability of fivetravel awards to attend the 2018 Society of Toxicology, USA (SOT) Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held in San Antonio,Texas USA on March 11–15, 2018. Award sponsors include the Society of Toxicology and the SOT Endowment Fund. The awardees may be either junior or senior scientists from a country where toxicology is underrepresented and have an active research program or currently be active in the practice of toxicology. Applicants should be from developing countries with a GNA<$8,000, as defined by the World Bank 2015.

The following criteria will be used to select recipients of the awards:

  • Completed application form;
  • A brief statement indicating how the awardee will benefit from the fellowship;
  • A brief statement demonstrating the ability to meet other expenses to attend the meeting (the base travel award available is $2,000 USD)
  • Curriculum vitae; and
  • A strong letter of recommendation from the home society. If the applicant does not have a national toxicology society, a strong letter of recommendation from his/her department may be substituted;

An abstract for the meeting is optional and MUST BE submitted through the normal abstract process.

Award application submissions must be received no later than October 9, 2017. If you are either a previous IUTOX/SOT/SOT Foundation travel award winner or an ICT or CTDC travel award winner for the years 2013,2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017.you are NOT eligible to apply for the 2018IUTOX/SOT/SOT Endowment Fund travel award. Awardees will be notified in November 2017 and awards will be issued at the 2018 SOT Annual Meeting.

2018 SOT/IUTOX Travel Award Application

First Name: / M.I.: / Last Name:
Company 1:
Company 2:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City/Region: / State/Province:
Postal Code: / Country:
Telephone: / Fax:
Email:
Please provide your answers to the following questions.(Place an ‘X’ for your response) / Yes / No
Are you a Junior Scientist?
Are you a Senior Scientist?
PhD Year:
Is toxicology underrepresented in your country?
Provide Your Country:
Do you have an active research program?
Are you currently active in the practice of toxicology?
Do you have an abstract for the meeting (optional)?

Please provide (you may either copy and paste your responses into this document or send via email attachment with application):

A brief statement indicating how you will benefit from the fellowship.
Statement certifying the ability to meet other expenses to attend the meeting.

Please send 1) this application document, 2) your curriculum vitae, and 3) a strong letter of recommendation from your home toxicology society as attachments via email to IUTOX Headquarters at .

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