Diversity Initiatives Career Development Award

Overview

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. Created in 2009, the goal of this fund is to increase and retain individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical sciences (as defined by the NIH here, here, and here).

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