2008 Travel Award Winners
In this third year for the SPR Student Travel Award program, SPR has once again allocated funds for 30 travel awards. Fifteen of these were specifically reserved for award winners within North America, who will receive $500 to assist with their travel accommodations while attending SPR. The other 15 awards were reserved for non-North American members who will receive $1000. In addition, due to the generosity of John Stern, who donated his travel reimbursement from SPR (for presenting the Senior Moment at last year's luncheon), we will be able to offer an additional North American award. As a result, there are a total of 31 Student Travel Awards for 2008. To be eligible, student members must:
1) reside outside a 500 mile radius from the annual meeting
2) be the first author on a poster or paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting
3) be up to date with dues, or have applied for new membership status
4) still have pre-doctoral status (i.e., must not have received their PhD by the time of the meeting)
In addition, student members with travel funds available from the laboratory in which they work are not eligible.
This year, 157 student members submitted abstracts on which they were the first author, and which were accepted for presentation. A lottery among these student members was conducted, and eligibility was verified with advisors, resulting in the recipients listed below.
Award recipients please note:
You must register for the meeting prior to September 3, 2008 for your award to be distributed as part of your registration packet.
Congratulations to the Recipients of SPR Student Travel Awards 2008
| Non-North American | North American |
|---|---|
| Christiane Berndt, University of Technology Dresden Nastassja Fischer, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro Tilman Gaber, University of Tuebingen Susanne Gorges, University of Wuerzburg Sylvia Kreibig, University of Geneva Katharina Matz, University of Konstanz Fumihito Morimoto, Kwansei Gakuin University Carlos Norte, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro Cristina Ottaviani, University of Bologna Pandelis Perakakis, University of Granada Sandra Schoenfelder, University of Technology Dresden Stefan Schulz, University of Wuerzburg Florian Strelzyk, University of Trier Balint Varkuti, University of Tuebingen Keiko Yamazaki, Hokkaido University |
Steven Bistricky, University of Kansas Siri-Maria Kamp, University of South Florida Trevor Cessna, St. Joseph's University Guadalupe Corral, University of Texas - El Paso Amy Dribin, Pennsylvania State University Chelsea Fenush, Pennsylvania State University Shannon Foster, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Alexander Genevsky, San Francisco State University Alexander Haynes, Northwestern University Corinne Harrison, University of Minnesota Erika Henry, University of Missouri Matthew Hilimire, Georgia Institute of Technology Aminda O'Hare, University of Kansas Matthew Pontifex, University of Illinois Jeremy Rietschel, University of Maryland Chad Stephens, Virginia Tech University |
See also the SPR Grants Page.