Whitehead has upgraded its office facilities in Johannesburg and we are now located close to OR Tambo Airport in Bardene.

Please note that the contact telephone numbers for our Johannesburg staff have changed and are now as follows

Gauteng, Potchefstroom, Northern Province and KwaZulu Natal Sales coordinator – Luzaan Wintershoven
Tel: 011 894 2214
Fax: 011 894 4583

All other phone numbers remain unchanged.

 

Travel Awards 2006

Seven travel awards of between R2000 and R2500 were granted in 2006. The last three recipients were

Sarah Taylor from the Department of Microbiology at Wits University. Sarah will be using her award to attend a Keystone Conference in Colorado later this year.

Fatima Abrahams from the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at Stellenbosch University was able to attend the South African Society of Human Genetics Congress in the Eastern Free State in March this year.

Kris Janse, Cape Town Applications Specialist and
Fatima Abrahams, WhiteSci travel award recipient.

Finally Ben Loos from the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University received an award to attend the International Society for Heart Research Conference, held in Italy.

Ryan Vogt, WhiteSci Molecular Product Manager
hands Ben Loos his award.

 

2007 Travel Awards

So far the WhiteSci Travel Awards have proven a great success and we would like to grow the scheme this year. This year we would like to make 10 awards of R2500.

We strongly encourage you to apply for these awards and we make every effort to respond to your applications as soon as we receive them. We have not received many applications from institutes other than Wits, UCT, University of Stellenbosch and University of Johannesburg, so we would love to hear from the rest of the country too this year!

Travel award Application Criteria

• You must be a post-graduate student studying in South Africa
• Preference will be given to students studying in the fields of molecular or cell biology.
• The awards should contribute towards travel to local or international conferences

Application Process

• Send a letter of motivation outlining the work that will be presented and the reasons that assistance with travel or subsistence is required.
• Ask your supervisor to prepare a letter of motivation supporting the application.

At present there is no set format or application form. The bursaries are awarded on the basis of the scientific content as well as evidence of genuine enthusiasm for the applicant’s field of study and a record of achievement in his or her field.

Five Travel Awards will be made between March 2007 and August 2007 and the remaining five will be made between September 2007 and February 2008.

This year we would like to reserve four  of the awards for students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.

Applications should be addresses to the Sales Director, Shirley Ferris and e-mailed to shirley@whitesci.co.za