Diversity Initiatives Career Development Award

Diversity Initiatives Career Development Award

The SOT recognizes that career development experiences facilitate successful entry of students into advanced degree programs and into a professional position in toxicology. The Diversity Initiatives Career Development award provides funding up to $1000 to those from groups underrepresented in the sciences who are undergraduate and graduate students, and persons in the first year of a formal postbaccalaureate research position, to engage in additional education and career development opportunities to enhance their professional development towards a career in toxicology or a related field. The SOT Diversity Initiative Endowment Fund provides this award, which is administered by the Education and Experiential Opportunities Committee.

Funding

About four awards of up to $1,000 per recipient may be given at each deadline.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• The applicant must:
  • At time of application and the time of the activity, be enrolled as an undergraduate student or graduate student at an accredited US institution in a STEM-related major or program related to toxicology, or in the first year of a formal postbaccalaureate research position.
  • Be an SOT Undergraduate Student Affiliate or Graduate Student Member.
  • Be from an underrepresented population in US biomedical sciences research:
  • Individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis (African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American including Alaskan, Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander).
  • Individuals with disabilities.
  • Individuals from a disadvantaged background.
  • Designate an activity that begins no sooner than six weeks following the application deadline.
• Students may apply for all awards for which they are eligible.
  • However, they will only receive funding from one SOT source for a specific activity.
• Eligible Expenses Might include, but Are Not Limited to:
  • Conference registrations (SOT Annual Meeting excluded)
  • Internship or conference travel (subject to SOT Reimbursement Policy guidelines)
  • Professional workshops
  • Extramural laboratory experiences

_You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Be an SOT Undergraduate Student Affiliate or Graduate Student Member_

Ineligibility

• Examples of Expenses Not Eligible for the Award:
  • Institutional administrative and/or overhead costs
  • Laboratory training and supplies for a laboratory rotation at your home institution
  • Tuition costs, textbooks, or materials which are part of normal course work at current institution
  • SOT membership dues, Annual Meeting travel or registration
  • Membership dues for other professional organizations