PDF-PSG Mentored Clinical Research Award Program
Parkinson's Foundation
Award: $50000 – $50000
Deadline: March 7.
To enable eligible students working in Parkinson's disease research to attend and present data at relevant scientific conferences. Qualifications: Applicants must be graduates and medical students conducting Parkinson's disease research. How to apply: Application form can be obtained at the website. All applications must be submitted online through the Foundation's website at grants.pdf.org. A complete application must be consist of the following items: application form; copy of the abstract submitted to the conference; confirmation of abstract acceptance or abstract submission pending acceptance; statement by the applicants, justifying meeting attendance and potential impact on future research and career; statement by the applicants, describing interest in Parkinson's research, their qualifications and the relevance of this meeting to their career/research interests; letter of support, written by the mentor under whose guidance the applicants completed the research to be presented at the conference. The letter should discuss the qualifications of the students, as well as the academic and financial need for attendance. The letter must be sent separately by the mentor via email with "STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD" in the subject line; travel budget, including any funds to be provided by applicants' home institution. Focus: Education.