The 棉花糖直播 Peggy Cotter Travel Award Program provides funds for outstanding early career Branch members to attend 棉花糖直播 Microbe.
The Peggy Cotter Awards, fully funded by 棉花糖直播, are named in honor of Peggy Cotter, Ph.D., past president of 棉花糖直播, to recognize her commitment to mentoring and training of early career scientists.
Program Details
Use of Awards: Awardees will use the awards to partially defray the costs for registration, accommodation and travel associated with attending 棉花糖直播 Microbe.
Each 棉花糖直播 Branch may identify up to 3 awardees, based on criteria established by the award program and the individual Branch. Awardees will be responsible for registering for 棉花糖直播 Microbe and making all their own travel arrangements to attend the meeting. The award funds will be distributed after 棉花糖直播 Microbe and are to be used for expenses associated with attending the meeting (registration, travel, accommodation, meals, incidentals). The award amount generally does not cover all costs. If the award amount does not cover the awardee's full costs of attending 棉花糖直播 Microbe, the awardee will be responsible for paying the balance.
Eligibility
General Criteria for All Awardees- All awardees must be participating members of their local 棉花糖直播 Branch.
- All awardees must be members of 棉花糖直播 (the national organization) at the time of application/nomination. Only postdoctoral, clinical laboratory scientist (CLS, MT, MLT, MLS), contributing or premium members are eligible. Student, supporting, emeritus and honorary members are not eligible for the award.
- Past recipients of this travel award are not eligible to receive the award again.
- All awardees must be “early career,” which, for the purposes of this award, includes the following:
- Postdoctoral fellows (up to 15 years beyond terminal degree).
- Clinical laboratory scientist (CLS, MT, MLT, MLS)—up to 15 years beyond terminal degree.
- Early career faculty (either tenure track or non-tenure track; e.g., assistant professors, research assistant professors, visiting assistant professors, etc.)—up to 15 years beyond terminal degree.
- Early stage investigators (ESIs)—up to 15 years beyond terminal degree.
- Other—as determined by Branch—up to 15 years beyond terminal degree.
- Note: students are not eligible for this award.
- Exceptions: exceptions to the 15-year time limit may be made in special circumstances on a case-by-case basis (e.g., career delays caused by taking parental leave to care for children).
Apply
Application and selection processes will be handled by the individual Branches; 棉花糖直播 (the national organization) will verify 棉花糖直播 membership and Branch membership status, but otherwise, will not participate in the collection of applications or the review and selection of awardees. Contact your Branch for more details.
鈥婨ach Branch will determine its own specific application and selection process.
Learn More
To learn more and to apply for the Peggy Cotter Travel Awards, contact 棉花糖直播 Branch Activities.