USC PDA 2013 Travel Awards

USC Postdoctoral Association 2013 Travel Awards
2013 APPLICATION FORM:

These awards are meant to offset the travels costs (up to $1000) associated with attending a conference to present research, obtaining off-site training, or conducting field/off-site research that has taken or will take place between August 1, 2012 and October 31, 2013.

All University of Southern California, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and House Research Institute Postdocs are eligible to receive funding.

Complete this online application no later than Monday, May 13th, 2013 at 5:00 PM, PST. Don't worry! The application is short and easy to complete!

You may apply for this travel award even if you already applied for the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Travel Award, but you may only receive one award/trip.
Contact Information
First Name:
Last (Family) Name:
Degree:
Department:
Job Title Your job title should be "Postdoctoral Scholar" in one of the following categories:
Email Address: Must be a valid USC, CHLA, DEI or HRI (formerly HEI) address.
USC Campus or Affiliate (DEI postdocs choose"HSC")
Advisor Name
First and last name
Advisor Email
Work Phone Number

Area CodePhone Number
Cell of Home Phone Number

Area CodePhone Number
Home Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry
Trip Location
These awards are intended to reduce the travel costs associated with attending a conference to present one's research, obtaining training in new skills or techniques, or conducting research at a site remote from USC (this includes, but is not limited to: field research, accessing distant research equipment or materials, work done in another professor's lab).

NOTE: Visits made for training or research that are not part of a defined conference or workshop program require a brief statement of support from your adviser (see "Instructions to Submit Additional Materials").
Name of conference, workshop, or site visited for training/research:
Website for conference, workshop, site visited for training/research.
If location visited has no website, write: "no website."
Start Date

MonthDayYear
End Date

MonthDayYear
Trip Location: City, State (Province, Prefecture, etc), Country
Trip Purpose

If you will NOT be attending a conference to present your research, please skip the next 5 questions.
If a conference, will you be giving an oral presentation? If yes, please submit confirmation of conference organizer's approval as an uploaded document at the end of this form
If a conference, will you be giving a poster presentation? If yes, please submit confirmation of conference organizer's approval as an uploaded document at the end of this form
If a conference, have you presented the information in this talk/poster at another meeting? If yes, please give the name, date and location of this conference.
Previous conference Name/Date/Location
If attending a conference, please explain what you will present in your talk or poster session. Make sure someone outside your field can understand your answer.

300 words maximum. Applications with longer responses will be disqualified!0/300
If attending a conference, workshop or visiting a remote site for training purposes, please explain what you expect to learn. Make sure someone outside your field can understand your answer.

300 words maximum. Applications with longer responses will be disqualified!0/300
If you are visiting a site remote from USC to conduct research, please explain the nature of the research and why it must be conducted away from USC. Make sure someone outside your field can understand your answer.

300 words maximum. Applications with longer responses will be disqualified!0/300
Please explain how receiving this award would advance your career.

300 words maximum. Applications with longer responses will be disqualified!0/300
Financial Need
List any other sources of funding available to you for travel.
If you have other funding, please explain why this award is necessary for your travel.

200 words maximum. Applications with longer responses will be disqualified!0/200
Budget
Please fill out the following travel costs in US DOLLARS. If travel has already taken place, please list actual costs (rounded to the nearest dollar). Failure to complete the budget section will disqualify your application.
Conference or workshop registration, research site access fees:
Airfare: Estimate airfare based on lowest ticket price for economy seating found via kayak.com or similar search engine.
Hotel/Lodging Cost:
Hotel/Lodging Website:
Ground Transportation: List combined cost of any or all that apply: taxis, public transit, car rental, driving your own car. If driving your own car, figure cost based on $0.55 per mile.
Amount covered by other funding sources
Remaining Amount
INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Do you have confirmation from a conference organizer for your talk/poster presentation? If yes, save your confirmation as a pdf and upload it WITH YOUR LAST NAME IN THE FILE NAME using the upload button at the bottom of the application.
Are you receiving training or conducting research at a site remote from USC that is not part of a defined workshop or conference? If yes, please have your adviser submit a letter of support for your training or research trip. The letter should confirm the importance of the trip to your reserach. Letters should NOT be more than one page long and can be as short as a single paragraph. Please instruct your advisor to email the letter WITH "TRAVEL AWARD AND YOUR LAST NAME" IN THE SUBJECT LINE to: uscpda@usc.edu by Monday, May 13th, 5:00 PM.
AGREEMENT TO TERMS
The ruling of the selection committee is final. Recipients will submit proof of travel within two weeks of their return trip. If the recipient is unable to attend the conference, workshop, or conduct off-site reserarch, he/she will return the funds issued by the USC Postdoctoral Association.

Recipients will acknowledge the USC Postdoctoral Association 2013 Travel Award in their presentation or poster (if poster is not already printed).

If selected, the recipient will judge applications the next time the USC Postdoctoral Association distributes Travel Awards, provided that he/she is still employed at USC or at one of its Affiliates.
I agree to the terms and conditions above.
NOTE
Travel funds must be disbursed as reimbursement for previous travel, or transferred to a research account. If the award recipient does not have a research account, the USC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs will work with administrators in the recipient's home department to transfer the funds to an accessible account within the department.
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USC Postdoctoral Association 2013 Travel Awards

Contact Information

Trip Location

Trip Purpose

Financial Need

Budget

INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

AGREEMENT TO TERMS

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