[Neuropostdocs] Travel Fellowships

[Christian Beaulé]

Dr. Gold (Neuroscience Program Interim Director)
Dr. Beshers (Neuroscience Program Coordinator)

I would like to know if you would be interested in discussing the 
possibility that the Neuroscience Program would offer travel 
fellowships for the members of the NSP postdoctoral association. As I 
understand it, every NSP graduate students is allowed a once a year 
travel fellowship when attending a recognized scientific conference.

As you are well aware, many postdoctoral research associates are 
without fellowships, or are with fellowships that do not provide a 
travel allowance. The costs associated with the participation to a 
scientific conference becomes the burden of the advisor and/or 
postdoctoral research associate. As far as I know, postdoctoral 
research associates fall in the gray area between graduate students and 
faculty with respect to departmental travel allowances. Both the 
advisors and the postdoctoral research associates would benefit from 
such travel fellowships.

I would greatly appreciate hearing your opinions on this topic.

Sincerely,

Christian Beaulé
Coordinator of NSP Postdoctoral Association



Christian Beaulé, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Cell and Structural Biology
B107 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory MC-123
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL, 61801. USA
Work Phone: (217) 244-1842
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