APPLY FOR A STUDENT TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP

Depending on how much funding we raise, we will award up to 6 student travel fellowships to advanced-level graduate students who will soon be seeking a postdoctoral fellowship, as well as both college seniors and post-baccalaureate research assistants who are planning to apply to PhD programs (not medical school or other clinical programs) in the near future.

Fellowship includes:

round-trip airfare within the United States (foreign applicants will be considered, but must agree to pay for their own airfare into the US)
complimentary registration
four-night’s hotel accommodation to be shared with one other fellow

Additional details of fellowship. All fellows will:

Give a 3-minute speech at start of conference with no notes and no slides (a.k.a. an “elevator pitch”) summarizing their current research activities and goals.
Be assigned a faculty-mentor from among the main speakers to have dinner with the first night (based on list of preferences provided in cover letter to application; see below) who will also help introduce fellow to other speakers.
Be assigned a “near peer” mentor (a graduate student for undergrads and post-baccs, a postdoc for graduate students) to provide additional career mentoring and guidance, both during and after the meeting.
Join an Early Career Grantsmanship breakfast the second day with NIH officials and others who will provide one-on-one guidance on applying for fellowships and training grants.

HOW TO APPLY:

Applicants should submit their application as a single PDF titled:

<yourlastname>.<institution>.brainski2027.pdf

It should include three parts:

a cover letter describing past, current, and future research and career goals. List top three choices for faculty mentors from among the tutorial speakers.
a resume/CV
title and one-paragraph abstract summary of current research activities.

Combine all three elements into a single PDF named as above and email to gluck@rutgers.edu with the header

“<Last Name>, <Institution> Application for Brainski 2027 Travel Fellowship”

Applications are due OCTOBER 1, 2027. Awardees will be notified within two weeks.