Fellowships and Awards

Travel Awards

Students and New Investigators are the future. EMS strives to help students and postdoctoral level investigators to establish long-term relationships that will promote career development. The EMS offers a limited number of
Student and New Investigator Travel Awards to assist students and new investigators to attend and participate in the EMS Annual Meeting. Applications for Travel Awards are solicited from graduate students and new investigators during the abstract submission process.

EMS Travel Award

To graduate students and young investigators, who are EMS members, to attend the EMS Annual Meeting and present a paper or poster. Young investigators includes those who have received their doctoral degrees within the past 3 years.

Alexander Hollaender Travel Award

For a student from a developing country currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in the USA or Canada.

FASEB/MARC Travel Awards

As many of you are aware, EMS is a member of FASEB and one of the benefits of this association is that qualified students, postdocs and faculty are eligible to apply for FASEB/MARC travel grants to attend the EMS. The awards help to defray travel-related expenses (lodging, transportation, per diem) associated with meeting/conference attendance. One does not have to be a member of EMS to take advantage of this opportunity. Information on these awards can be found on MARC Web site.

There are two types of awards available:

Faculty/Students Travel Award

Each award would provide funding for one faculty member/mentor and two graduate or undergraduate students from a minority institution to participate in the EMS meeting. The faculty member/mentor member must nominate two graduate or undergraduate students who are pursuing research careers in a life sciences discipline.

Poster/Oral Presenter Travel Award

Each award would provide funding for one underrepresented minority graduate/undergraduate student or postdoctoral fellow who has been selected to give an oral or poster presentation at the EMS meeting. Students and postdocs submitting an acceptable abstract before the deadline would be eligible to apply for funding.