Requests for assistance with training grant tables should include at least two months lead time (prior to the training grant due date). Information to be sent in for the request include: training grant due date, name of PI and title of the grant being submitted, what data tables need to be completed and the date for completion and, most importantly, a list of faculty and their departments for those participating on the grant along with a list of current pre- and post-docs; and the contact person for the grant. Requests should also include a meeting time to discuss the details of the training grant.
Financial Support
IU School of Medicine provides grant support and travel awards to qualified postdoctoral scholars.
Grant Support
Travel Awards
Travel grants are available to IU School of Medicine postdoctoral trainees who are designated in the IUIE system as a postdoctoral trainee (AC1 or FLP designation). Postdoctoral trainees who DO NOT qualify for this award include those with Research Associate, Visiting Scholar, Assistant Research Professor titles and any other postdoctoral designation not identified above. Prior awardees from the previous award cycle (Nov, April) are also prohibited from applying for the next years’ award cycle (Nov, April).
To apply, interested applicants must submit a completed Application Form. Contact information for the applicant as well as his/ her mentor and HR/Departmental Administrator is required. Applicants must also submit a scientific abstract, a lay abstract, a significance statement, conference details—all signed with the applicant’s digital signature. A scanned and submitted Faculty Mentor Acknowledgement Form must include necessary signatures.
Applications to cover a conference to be attended between December 11 and June 30 must be submitted by November 8 at 4 pm EST. Applications to cover a conference to be attended between May 1, 2018, and November 31, 2018, must be submitted by April 4, 2018, at 4 pm EST.