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2008 Travel Awards

We were delighted to be able to contribute to 10 young scientists from around South Africa attending conferences of their choice in 2007. Ten new awards are now open for application in 2008!

Ziyaad Valley-Omar, from UCT

2007 Travel Award Winners

Mopo Leshwedi from University of Johannesburg

Donna Hawthorn	Food Science, University of Stellenbosch	South African Association for Food Science and Technology Conference, Durban
Fanuel Lampiao	Dept of Medical Physiology, University of Stellenbosch	Federation of Fertility Societies Annual Conference, Durban.
Lisa Graham	Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, UCT	Homeostasis, Immunoregulation and Disease conference in April, Colorado, USA
Mariette Smart	Molecular and Cellular Biology, UCT	American Society Plant Biology Congress, Chicago USA
Natalie Coutts	Molecular and Cellular Biology, UCT	The European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
Ziyaad Valley-Omar	Molecular and Cellular Biology, UCT	AIDS Vaccine 2007, Seattle, USA
Khudzie Mlambo	Microbiology, Wits University	Federation of the Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) 2nd Joint Congress, Cape Town
Mopo Leshwedi	Department of Pharmacology, University of Johannesburg and National Institute for Occupational Health	Joint Meeting of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Societies of South Africa, Buffelspoort.
Trudi O'Neil	Medical Biochemistry, IIDMM, UCT med School	International Proteolysis Society's Meeting, Patras, Greece.
Bronwyn Joubert	Medical Microbiology UKZN Medical School	17th International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, Seattle, USA.

2008 Applications

We are now extending the WhiteSci Travel Award Scheme into 2008 and are offering ten awards of R2750 each. If you are a full time post-graduate student studying for an MSc or PhD in cellular or molecular sciences and plan to attend a scientific conference or meeting before March 2009, please consider applying!

In order to be considered for the award we will require a letter of motivation from the applicant, outlining the work to be presented and the reason assistance with travel is required. In addition we require a letter of motivation from the supervisor supporting the application.

We encourage applications from a diversity of backgrounds and institutions! The awards will be made in two rounds. To be considered for an award in the first round, please send your application to reach us by no later than 30th April 2008. The first round of awards will be made in May 2008. Applications for the second round should be submitted by 30th of September for award in October 2007.

Please contact Shirley@whitesci.co.za for further information or with your application.

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