Postdoctoral Travel Grants Program Harvard University 2010 – The Postdoctoral Travel Grant Program is designed to provide modest stipend support (up to $1000) for current postdocs attending or presenting at professional or academic meetings between July 1 and December 31, 2010. The program is offered in two cycles annually. Eligibility is limited to Harvard University postdoctoral fellows, including FAS, HSPH, the Cambridge professional schools and HMS/HSDM quad postdocs. (Postdoctoral fellows whose primary affiliations are with teaching hospitals are not eligible for this program.) Postdocs applying for short-term dependent care may also apply for the Postdoctoral Travel Grant Program. A postdoctoral program to support travel to academic and professional meetings.

The program is competitive, and in this cycle 10-12 awards will be made. Applications will be reviewed by a panel of faculty and administrators, and selection will be based on the description of current research activities, how attendance at the meeting will enhance professional goals, and evidence of support from the principal investigator/research sponsor (or other research mentor). The next scheduled application cycle for postdoctoral travel grants will run in the fall, 2010.

The application form with instructions (in .pdf format) will be available here when the program is officially announced. The form may be filled out on your desktop and printed. Complete applications should look at postdoc.harvard.edu or be delivered to Holyoke Center 835, or mailed to: Office for Postdoctoral Affairs; 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 835; Cambridge, MA 02138.