--_000_BA66A6ADB7F8E34AA0D9FD97218535AF0843E3MBX10Adavidsonedu_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SUMMER-RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM ANNOUNCED UP TO $8,000 PER AWARD TARGETING JUNIOR FACULTY IN THE NEUROSCIENCES AT PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUT= IONS SOMAS-URM: Support of Mentors and their Students in the Neurosciences from Underrepresented Minority Groups The SOMAS Program is pleased to announce the 2012 SOMAS-URM summer fellowsh= ip program designed to support junior faculty (untenured/pre-tenure assista= nt professors, typically within five years of having completed Ph.D. and po= stdoctoral training) in the neurosciences seeking to launch research progra= ms with undergraduatestudent collaborators. Faculty from predominantly unde= rgraduate institutions will be eligible for awards of up to $8,000 to cover= a supply budget, summer student housing, faculty and student stipends, and= travel expenses to the joint Annual Meetings of the Society for Neuroscien= ce and Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. Selections will be made base= d on the justifications for and the quality of the proposed research experi= ence for the undergraduate. Preference will be given to faculty from underr= epresented minority groups (URM), to faculty from institutions serving wome= n and/or minority groups, or to faculty who have identified URM students as= researchcollaborators. Special consideration will be given to faculty memb= ers with little experience in grant writing and who are just beginning thei= r research programs. Application deadline is December 1, 2011, with awards made in early Februar= y for the 2012 summer research effort. Up to four awards will be made for t= he 2012 program. For more information, go to www.somasprogram.org. --_000_BA66A6ADB7F8E34AA0D9FD97218535AF0843E3MBX10Adavidsonedu_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

SUMMER-RESEARCH GRANTS=

PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

 

UP TO $8,000 PER AWARD TARGETING

JUNIOR FACULTY IN THE NEUROSCIENCES AT PREDOMINANTLY UND= ERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS

 = ;

SOMAS-URM: Support of Mento= rs and their Students =

in the= Neurosciences from Underrepresented Minority Groups

 

The SOMAS Program is pleased to announce the 2012 SOMAS-URM summe= r fellowship program designed to support junior faculty (untenured/pre-tenure assistant professors, typically withi= n five years of having completed Ph.D. and postdoctoral training) in the neurosciences seeking to launch research p= rograms with undergraduatestudent collaborators. Faculty from predominantly unde= rgraduate institutions will be eligible for awards of up to $8,000 to cover= a supply budget, summer student housing, faculty and student stipends, and= travel expenses to the joint Annual Meetings of the Society for Neuroscien= ce and Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. Selections will be made base= d on the justifications for and the quality of the proposed research experi= ence for the undergraduate. Preference will be given to faculty from underr= epresented minority groups (URM), to faculty from institutions serving wome= n and/or minority groups, or to faculty who have identified URM students as= researchcollaborators. Special consideration will be given to faculty memb= ers with little experience in grant writing and who are just beginning thei= r research programs.

 

Application deadline is December 1, 2011, with awards made in early February for the 2012= summer research effort. Up to four awar= ds will be made for the 2012 program.  For more information, go to ww= w.somasprogram.org. 

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