Travel Awards

APPLICATION FOR TRAINEE AWARDS

The goal of the William and Lucille Clark Fund is to create and support novel opportunities for development, implementation, and networking on innovative scientific research for trainees in the Department of Biological Structure.

William and Lucille Clark were committed to service and kindness. They believed that education contributes novel solutions to complex problems in society and health. The challenges in their lives included the great depression, World War II, and the death of their six year old son. The Clark Fund seeks to support promising projects that can assist with the success of future generations of scientists and educators.  It is a small attempt to honor their memory.

Awards will help support graduate student and post-doctoral trainees in Biological Structure laboratories to participate in workshops, conferences, and programs that enhance and accelerate the research, education and professional experience in the basic science of biomedical problems and technology. Examples include Workshops at NIH on Computational Neuroscience; Summer courses at the Friday Harbor Laboratories; the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass; Cold Springs Harbor Laboratories in Cold Springs Harbor, NY; Gordon Conferences; or scientific collaborations where travel is necessary to conduct research at other institutions.

To apply, please provide:

• Trainee name
• Position (include your Biological Structure Laboratory):
• Activity to be supported (if workshop or course or conference, please attach a PDF or website); please include cost, location, and dates.
• A brief letter on why the support is needed. Please include how will this program advance your scientific career.
• The projected outcome (e.g. learn innovative technique, collect critical data, preliminary data for a manuscript, or other opportunities).
• A brief letter from your P.I. stating the value of the program to your progress.
• C.V.