Collaborative Research Travel Grants

Application Deadline:  December 1, 2011 by 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time

Accepting electronic applications only.

An Eligibility Quiz has been created to assist you in determining whether or not you are eligible to apply for this award. Successful completion of the Quiz will take you to the next application step. You will be notified upon conclusion of the Quiz if you are not eligible to continue.

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This program is open to Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty at degree-granting institutes in the U.S. or Canada.

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or studying for a Ph.D. in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics, or engineering who are interested in investigating research opportunities in the biological sciences.  Biologists interested in working with physical scientists, mathematicians, engineers, chemists, statisticians, or computer scientists to incorporate their ideas and approaches to answering biological questions are eligible to apply. 

Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application.

Grants cannot be used for travel to domestic or international meetings or to cover salary support.

Candidates who begin travel before notification of grant approval will not receive funding.