Travel and Childcare Subsidy Program 2018

The Precision Medicine childcare and travel subsidy program is funded through the Columbia Precision Medicine Initiative. This program assists scholars to attend conferences in the field of Precision Medicine by subsidizing child care and travel costs. Examples of child care costs include: Care giver to accompany you and your child; On-site childcare at the conference; Purchase of a ticket for e.g. a grandparent to come to your home, or to the conference, for childcare. The cost of regular day care or pre school at home is not a qualifying expense.

One of Columbia University’s core values is to expand scholarship, while increasing inclusion and success of highly qualified candidates. This program aims to expose future leaders in precision medicine to current leaders in the field. Scholars will increase their visibility and gain access to senior worldwide faculty in precision medicine.

Eligibility: Columbia Junior Faculty; Columbia post-doc with 2 years’ experience.

Budget: up to $600 per award

Application:

• Personal Statement (250 words): Why is your chosen conference important in your field? How would you benefit from this scholarship?
• Explanation for budget required

Submit your application here

Deadline: June 30^th 2018

Factors for evaluation:

• Relevance of conference to PM intellectual themes
• Personal statement
• Publication record

If there are more qualified applications than awards available, applications will be entered into a lottery.

Questions? Email [email protected]