Sources of Resources: Advice and Tips for Securing Academic Funding

Saturday, October 31, 2015: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM
National Harbor 2 (Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center)
Chairs:
Christine O'Brien, MS, Program Manager, National Academies and Maria Teresa Velez, PhD, Associate Dean, University of Arizona
Presenters:
Christine O'Brien, MS, Program Manager, National Academies , Maria Teresa Velez, PhD, Associate Dean, University of Arizona , Gisele Muller-Parker, PhD, Program Director, National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation , LaTanya Braxton, BS, Outreach Specialist, Institute for Broadening Particpation , Alison Hall, PhD, Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health and Marcus Huggins, PhD, Senior Director, The National GEM Corsortium (GEM)

Description: Students seeking graduate school funding should attend this session.  Highlighted opportunities from professional representatives and current graduate students will include the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the Institute for Broadening Participation, the Ford Foundation Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Fellowships, the GEM Consortium, NIH Opportunities and others.