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Ashworth Graduate Training Award

The Department of Behavioral Neuroscience invites applications for its semiannual scientific awards program.  The Ashworth Graduate Training Award benefits graduate students who wish to enhance their graduate training . Examples for awards include but are not limited to attending workshop/courses, “sabbatical” training at a distant laboratory; focused purchase of classic textbooks.

No more than 3 applications will be awarded for a total of $3,000 annually, with a maximum of $1,000 each. No more than two applications per deadline will be funded.

Two deadlines per year for applications are May 15 and Nov. 15.

Previous Award Recipients

  • 2005: Rebecca Hammond
  • 2006: Ted Benice

Submission Guidelines

Deadline:  May 15 and Nov. 15

To submit an application for the Ashworth Graduate Training Award, please provide a completed application form, applicant's current vita with list of publications, mentor's current vita with grant support, letter of support from mentor and separate one-page statement from the student describing the importance of the request.
Attach the following:

  • Completed application form
  • Statement from student on how this award will further your career goals
  • Student's current vitae including honors and a complete bibliography
  • Mentor 's vitae, including grant support
  • Support letter from mentor

The Ashworth Graduate Training Award recognizes excellent graduate students in the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience. Requests for support are sought in these areas:

  • attendance at molecular, behavioral and cognitive neuroscience Workshops or Courses
  • travel and/or living expenses for short “sabbatical” training in laboratories outside OHSU
  • classic textbooks for specific purposes
  • awards will not be used for support of student stipends or fees, nor for travel for routine scientific meetings either national or international (e.g., RSA and Society for Neuroscience)

These categories should be interpreted broadly and are not meant to be exclusive; all kinds of training opportunities are of sufficient merit to be considered for awards.

Considerations for priority of awards:

  • matching funds
  • more senior students with plans to enhance qualifications and/or training
  • no previous award

The Ashworth Graduate Training Award was established in 2004.  An award consists of a citation and a cash prize, which are presented at the following BEHN Faculty meeting.  The awardee is required to acknowledge receipt and use of the funding upon return.

Members of the Awards Committee for the Ashworth Graduate Training Award:

Amy Eshleman, chair
Paul Berger
Matt Lattal

For additional information, please contact:

Amy Eshleman
Awards Committee, Chair
Department of Behavioral Neuroscience
Oregon Health & Science University
phone: (503) 220-8262-57484
fax: (503) 721-7839
email: eshleman@ohsu.edu
mail: VA R&D 22
3710 SW US Veterans Hosp Rd
Portland , OR 97239

 

Updated February 23, 2007