Student/Early Career Investigator Travel Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2007
Fellowship Description
The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) anticipates funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and supplementary funding from the AED Scholarship Fund to support travel fellowships for students and early career investigators to attend the AED 2007 International Conference on Eating Disorders in Baltimore, Maryland, to be held on May 2-5, 2007.
All fellows will be invited to attend a Research Training Day program on May 2, 2007. Led by internationally renowned faculty, the Research Training Day is open by invitation only. In addition, a subset of the travel fellows will be invited to present their research at a special paper session. The travel stipend will cover the registration fee of the conference and support for air or ground transportation and hotel accommodation. The specific amount of travel support to be offered will be based on the applicant’s permissible travel costs. The maximum stipend is US $1,250.
Four additional stipends will be provided with special funding from AED.
Preference will be given to applicants who have not yet received the fellowship.
Eligibility Criteria
Two application pathways are available for this fellowship. Applicants can apply via both pathways if all eligibility criteria are met.
Guide to Eligibility
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NIMH Application Pathway
You are eligible for the NIMH application pathway if:
| AED Application Pathway
You are eligible for the AED application pathway if:
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You are a U.S. Citizen |
You are an AED member |
You are a current trainee |
You are a current trainee or you are fewer than three years post-training |
Application Guidelines
Submit six copies of the items below to:
Academy for Eating Disorders
111 Deer Lake Road, Suite 100
Deerfield , IL 60015 USA
No fax or e-mail applications will be accepted. All applications must be sent via mail in sets of six. Application packages that do not include six sets of the application materials will not be considered for review. However, letters of recommendation may be sent separately from application package; letter must clearly indicate applicant name.
Application requirements:
- Application form (Download the application form.)
- A brief statement describing your career goals and how the fellowship will further these goals.
- Either:
- Documentation of current training status as a graduate student, postdoctoral fellow or resident in a field of study of relevance to the understanding or treatment/prevention of eating and weight disorders.
Or
- Hold an academic appointment no more than three years post training.
- If you submitted an abstract for the 2007 International Conference on Eating Disorders, include a copy of that abstract.
- Two letters of endorsement (endorsement letters may be mailed or e-mailed to AED headquarters separately from the application package)
Successful candidates will have a demonstrated interest in research in eating and weight disorders, show promise as researchers and meet the eligibility criteria regarding trainee status.
Application Review Process
Application deadline: Jan. 15, 2007
All complete applications will be reviewed by the AED/NIMH Travel Fellowship faculty council. Application packages that do not include six sets of application materials will not be forwarded to the review committee.
Fellowship selection results will be available in late February.
Questions
Contact AED headquarters with questions at:
Academy for Eating Disorders
111 Deer Lake Road, Suite 100
Deerfield , IL 60015 USA
847-498-4274
Fax 847-.480-9282
aed@aedweb.org
http://www.aedweb.org
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