Society Announcements

Delaware Chapter 2008 Grass Lecture Speaker announced
Mark your calendars for April 7th, 2008.  Dr. Gary Lynch, noted neurobiologist in the area of memory storage, will be this year’s featured Grass Lecture speaker.  More details about the event will be forthcoming.

Since 1973, The Grass Foundation has generously continued to provide funding for the Grass Traveling Scientist Program.  This lecture series enables local chapters to host leading neuroscientists at their institutions.  Eligible chapters select speakers to visit their chapter for one or two days, allowing ample time for a formal seminar and extensive informal interaction with faculty and students. 

** Nominations for the Fall 2008 Grass Traveling Scientist Program are due to the SfN by July 30, 2008.  Please forward recommendations for candidates to be considered as future visiting scientists to Dr. Leonard Davis by the end of May at ledavis@desu.edu .

Fall 2008 Chapter Grant Applications due July 30, 2008
The SfN Membership & Chapters Committee is pleased to continue the availability of funds for chapter activities for the fall 2008 funding cycle.  Awards from $500 to $2000 are available to support and encourage chapter activities and outreach.  Awards are designed to help new chapters succeed in their local missions, to support chapter infrastructure, to promote the goals of the SfN Strategic Plan (www.sfn.org/strategicplan), and to support novel initiatives by the chapters.  Chapters are highly encouraged to solicit matching funds from institutions within their geographic location.  Please visit the website for more information: www.sfn.org/chaptergranttips.  For an application, please visit www.sfn.org/chaptergrants.  Applications should be submitted to chapters@sfn.org.

SfN Funding Opportunities/Travel Awards

Call for Nominations: SfN Travel Award to the 2008 FENS Forum:
The Society is accepting nominations for the SfN Travel Award to the 2008 FENS Forum in Geneva , July 12-16, 2008. Each chapter may submit a single nomination and the nominee must be first author on the abstract to be presented at the FENS forum.  Applications are available online at www.sfn.org/travelawards_fens.  Deadline for nomination forms to the SfN is February 15, 2008.  Online registration for the FENS forum opened on December 1, 2007 and abstract submissions closed on January 31, 2007.  For more information and to register please visit the FENS website at http://fens.mdc-berlin.de/.

Call for Nominations: 2008 SfN Chapters Graduate Student Travel Awards
The SfN Membership & Chapters Committee is pleased to continue a program to support graduate student travel to the SfN annual meeting in  Washington DC , November 15-19, 2008. The SfN Chapters Graduate Student Travel Award provides a stipend to defray some travel expenses and complimentary meeting registration to honor outstanding graduate students nominated by their local SfN chapters.  For more information and a nomination form please visit: http://www.sfn.org/gsta.  Nomination forms are due to SfN by June 13, 2008. 

Call for Nominations: 2008 SfN Chapters Postdoctoral Trainee Travel Awards
The SfN Membership & Chapters Committee is pleased to continue a program to support postdoctoral travel to the SfN annual meeting in Washington DC , November 15-19, 2008. The SfN Chapters Postdoctoral Travel Award provides a stipend to defray some travel expenses and complimentary meeting registration to honor outstanding postdoctoral trainees nominated by their local SfN chapters.  For more information and a nomination form please visit: http://www.sfn.org/pta.  Only one nomination per chapter is allowed per year; nomination forms are due to the SfN by June 13, 2008, so please contact Dr. Leonard Davis at ledavis@desu.edu with nominee information by May 31st.

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