Cosyne 2013 Travel Grants
Travel Grant submission is now closed.
The Cosyne community is committed to bringing talented scientists together at our annual meeting, regardless of their ability to afford travel. Thus, a number of travel grants will be awarded to students, postdocs, and PI’s for travel to the Cosyne meeting. Each award will cover at least $500 towards travel and meeting attendance costs. Larger grants may be available to those traveling from outside North America. Three award granting programs are currently offered (see below). It is permissible for an applicant to apply for more than one grant program (e.g., one may apply for both the Presenters Grant Program and the New Attendees Grant Program), but no applicant will be awarded more than one travel grant.
All awards will be distributed at the main meeting and each awardee must register for the main meeting to receive the award.
Deadline for applications: Applications must be received by January 16, 2013, 11.59PM PST.
Notification of awards: All awardees will be notified by January 28, 2013.
For questions regarding travel grants submission, please contact: cosynePCs2013 [at] gmail.com.
After award announcement, if needed, please contact Denise Soudan for further details on award distribution.
Cosyne Presenters Travel Grant Program
Purpose: To ensure that early career scientists with highly scored abstracts will be able to present their work at the meeting.
Eligibility: For PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty members. The applicant must be an author on a submitted abstract, and must declare a need for travel funds.
Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined primarily based on merit (reviewer scores). For some awards, special consideration will be given to applicants in areas of interest to the donors (see list of donors below). You are more likely to receive an award if you are a first author, an author on an oral presentation, an author on multiple presentations, and a first time award recipient.
Support: This program is supported entirely by the following corporations and foundations -- we are very grateful of their generosity and continued support, so please be sure to thank their representatives!
- The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- Qualcomm Incorporated
- Brain Corporation (special consideration for presentations on spiking networks and spike-timing dynamics in vision or motor control)
- Cell Press/Neuron
- Evolved Machines
Cosyne New Attendees Travel Grant Program
Purpose: To bring scientists that have not previously attended the Cosyne meeting to the meeting for exchange of ideas with the community. We hope that these scientists will have their research enriched by the experience and may become regular attendees.
Eligibility: For PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, PIs, or other research positions. Applicant does NOT need to be an author on a submitted abstract, but must declare a need for travel funds, and must declare that they have not previously attended the meeting.
Application process: You will need to provide a short statement of why Cosyne is of potential relevance to your research or career development.
Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined based on the applicant’s statement. Particular consideration will be given to members of underrepresented minority groups.
Support: This program is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Cosyne Mentorship Travel Grant Program
Purpose: To bring early career scientists of underrepresented minority groups to the meeting, and to acknowledge Cosyne PIs that are contributing to this effort (“NSF Cosyne Mentor”).
Eligibility: Applicants for the award should be faculty-level independent investigators who are intending to accompany a student (undergraduate or graduate) to the Cosyne meeting. The travel grant will fund only the student's travel expenses, but the application must be submitted by the faculty investigator (i.e., the PI), not the student. The faculty member should know the student well, typically as a teacher and/or a research advisor.
Application process: Prospective NSF Cosyne Mentors (PIs): You will need to include the name of the student, and a brief description of: 1) how you know the student (e.g., as a research advisor? teacher? etc.), 2) why the meeting will be useful for the student, and 3) how you will shepherd the student at the meeting. Please also indicate whether the student self-identifies as a member of an underrepresented minority group.
Selection of awardees: Awards will be determined based on the prospective mentor’s statement. Particular consideration will be given to students of underrepresented minority groups.
Support: This program is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
