Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to open this call for applications to the Summer 2013 Travel Grants contest. The postdoctoral association at MIT encourages postdoc applicants from all disciplines to participate. Awardees will be reimbursed upon submission of applicable receipts to the Treasurer of the PDA (travel, lodging, transportation, food).
Deadline for online applications: 1st April 2013
Online application form: http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/mit-pda/ctg-1/
The online application form will collect the following information:
- Name
- MIT email address
- MIT ID number and official MIT title
- Department and group or lab
- Name of your principal investigator
- MIT email address of your principal investigator
- Conference name, date and location
- Title, authors and abstract of your accepted paper at the conference
- Copy of the paper acceptance notification email
- List of your four most recent publications
- Explain briefly why do you need a MIT PDA travel grant
- Describe in layman terms the significance and impact of your project
For being eligible, the applicant must:
- Be a current MIT post-doc
- Properly fill out every sections of the application form
- Submit only a single application form
- Have not received a past travel grant award from the MIT PDA
- Not be involved in any committees of the MIT PDA
- Be presenting a talk or a poster at the conference
- Send the application form before the start of the conference
Before ranking, eligibility criteria are checked first. The application form must be complete and convincing. Scientific merits and originality of submitted works will be judged only, not the overall quality of applicants. A compelling description of significance and impact of the project will be particularly appreciated.This program is made possible by funding from the MIT Postdoctoral Association and the Office of the Vice President for Research.
Colas Schretter (cschrett@mit.edu)
Professional Development Committee Chair