The ONTA Foundation is once again requesting applications for Graduate Student Travel Awards to attend the ONTA 53rd Annual Meeting, September 24-29, 2023 in Cairo, Egypt. Each award will be in the amount of $1,000.00 (USD). Full time graduate and undergraduate students, or post doctorates (completion of graduate degree requirements no more than 18 months before the meeting) are eligible to compete. The submission deadline is July 15, 2023.
To be eligible for these awards, an individual must present an oral presentation or be part of the Rod Rodríguez-Kábana Student Poster Competition, submit an abstract, travel award application form, one page biographical sketch and an acknowledgement letter from the major professor. Membership in the Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America is not required but encouraged.
To apply for these Travel Awards, please submit the APPLICATION FORM (abstract, travel award application form, biographical sketch, major professor acknowledgement) to Dr. Janete Brito janete.brito@fdacs.gov; britojanete1@gmail.com. Please note that you MUST also submit a copy of your Abstract directly via the Meeting website https://ontaweb.org/meeting2023/.
Please submit applications as soon as possible to allow the ONTA Foundation Committee sufficient time to make the award announcements.