Travel Awards (NO MORE AVAILABLE)

The goals of the conference are to:

1. Provide participants with a thorough overview and grounding about issues, concepts, controversies, and unknowns about dietary supplements and supplement ingredients. A crosscutting theme will be the importance of scientific investigations to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and value of these products for health promotion and disease prevention and treatment;
2. Provide participants with information, ideas, and resources so that they might provide some or more instruction about dietary supplements at their academic institutions; and
3. Instill interest among students and investigators attending the practicum to consider undertaking research in the field of dietary supplements.

Fifteen travel awards are available to encourage young scientists to attend the entire 5-day practicum. In most cases, the amount of the award will be $1,000. Nominees for the travel awards should be students pursuing Ph.D. degrees or those who have recently earned a Ph.D., M.D., D.D.S., or D.M.D. and who are engaged in postdoctoral research in the biological sciences. Please, no applications from faculty.

The application for a travel award consists of the same materials that the candidate must submit to the Office of Dietary Supplements for admittance to the practicum:

• Name and full contact information.
• A curriculum vitae or résumé.
• A 1-page letter outlining why this practicum might be important to you in your career development.
• A 1-page letter of support from your current or most recent mentor or a close senior colleague. Please justify the need for a travel award.

To apply for a travel award for the Dietary Supplements Research Practicum 2008, send your request and supporting materials to:

Travel Awards for ODS Practicum
c/o The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, L-5100
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
Telephone: 301–634–7051; fax 301–634–7892