These travel grants are available each Fall and Spring semesters to undergraduate Neuroscience Program students. They are open to students who are presenting at a research conference on behalf of their research lab. These awards can be used for hotel accommodations, transportation, food and membership fees. These awards are typically reimbursed up to $1,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note: <\/strong>The fund is not given to students prior<\/em> to traveling. The Neuroscience Program will email students each semester to give explicit details on how to apply for the travel grant and the application deadline date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Neuroscience Program also provides students with an opportunity to attend the annual Society for Neuroscience Conference<\/a> using the travel grant whenever it is being held in Washington D.C. with a maximum travel grant of $250. The next SfN in D.C. will be in the Fall of 2026, dates TBD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Application Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each student must submit a Neuroscience Travel Grant Award Application<\/a> that includes the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) Curriculum Vitae<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) Statement of interest and career goals of no more than a page<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3) Letter of support from Lab Principal Investigator (please email directly to Sara Suzuki<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
4) An abstract of the presentation to be given at the meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have questions regarding the application process, please email Sara Suzuki<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The David S. Olton Award is given annually to support undergraduate research in the area of the biology of behavior, broadly defined. Undergraduate students from Johns Hopkins psychology, behavioral biology, and neuroscience are encouraged to apply. The award is $4,000. This award is a research award, designed specifically to help students complete a research project of their own that they might not otherwise be able to carry out due to financial limitations. The award can potentially cover a wide range of costs including stipend support (either during the academic year or the summer) or supplies essential to the project. Note the award is not<\/em> intended for permanent lab equipment for PIs (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deadline: 4 PM December 13, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Questions? Contact Dr. Bohn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
A.<\/strong> A letter of support from your supervisor, with your name in the filename, uploaded here: <\/strong> Olton Award Uploads<\/a> (Supervisors should describe their mentorship and logistical support for you and the project, assess your ability to conduct the research and address any potential questions on fund use for equipment)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B.<\/strong> The following, as a single pdf file with your name in the filename and uploaded here: <\/strong>Olton Award Uploads<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award was established in remembrance of David S. Olton, a professor of psychology at the Johns Hopkins University, who was a leader in the field of hippocampus research. During his career, Olton published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and pioneered the use of the radial arm maze as an important tool in the investigation of learning and memory. He contributed to our understanding of the hippocampus by investigating how aging affects memory, and exploring the use of drug therapies to curb memory loss. Olton also helped design the parameters of the existing Program in Behavioral Biology, and was influential in the decision to renovate Ames Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shortly after his passing in 1994, his family established the fund in his honor. As undergraduate research had been an interest of Olton\u2019s during his time at Hopkins, the fund was designed with that aspect in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences offers an incredible array of opportunities for student researchers. See all of the undergraduate research awards available on the Undergraduate Research, Scholarly & Creative Activity website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"