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2022 DNTS MEETING AWARD INFORMATION
DNTS society offers two types of awards for attendees at the annual meeting: Conference Travel Awards for students, postdocs, and lab assistants; and the DNTS Richard Butcher New Investigator Award. Awardees present their research at the meeting, receive recognition on the program and at the business meeting, and receive a monetary award to help cover travel expenses. Application for these awards can be made by the individual seeking the award prior to the deadline for abstract submission, or an individual can be nominated by another person. There is no requirement that applicants or nominators be members of the Society.
At the annual meeting there will be two Best Presentation Awards; one for graduate students and one for postdoctoral fellows. The awards do not include a monetary component but recognize excellence in scholarship, research, and communication in either a poster or a platform presentation that is given at the annual meeting. These awardees are selected at the meeting and there is no nomination/application process.
- The Richard Butcher New Investigator Award,
- DNTS Conference Travel Awards,
- The James C. Bradford Memorial Student Poster Award (sponsored by the Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Association, MARTA), and
- Best Presentation Awards,
- Patricia Rodier Mid-Career Award in Research and Mentoring.
DNTS RICHARD BUTCHER NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Please consider nominating a Recent Graduate for the Richard Butcher New Investigator Research Award. The New Investigator Award is given to the best paper by a new investigator in the field of Developmental Neurotoxicology. The applicant must have obtained their PhD within the past five years. The paper must either be published or in press in a peer reviewed journal within two calendar years prior to the Annual Meeting (2020-2022). The applicant must be first author of the paper. There is no requirement that nominees or nominators be members of the Society. The Awardee will present the paper at the Society's Annual Meeting. This year, in lieu of covering travel expenses to the meeting, the Awardee will be granted free registration and a $1000 honorarium.
Submission Instructions:
- Indicate on electronic abstract submission form your intention to apply for the New Investigator Award.
- Send the following to Mary Gilbert by April 15, 2022:
- PDF of paper to be considered for New Investigator Award
- Copy of your CV
- Name of your research advisor
- Have research advisor submit a letter of recommendation to Mary Gilbert by April 15, 2022
The Richard Butcher New Investigator Research Awardee will be notified prior to the abstract deadline date.
CONFERENCE TRAVEL AWARDS
Because the 2022 meeting is virtual, the 2022 Conference Travel Awards will take the form of honoraria. These awards provide financial assistance to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and laboratory assistants. These awards are in the amount of $300 and will be presented at the annual business meeting of the Society. The registration fee for the meeting will also be waived for recipients of Conference Travel Awards.
Submission Instructions:
- Send the following to Mary Gilbert by April 15, 2022:
- Abstract to be submitted
- Copy of your CV
- Letter of recommendation from advisor/supervisor that includes verifying your status
- If you win one of these awards but hadn’t submitted an abstract for the Annual Meeting, you must do so by the DNTS abstract deadline. A link to the abstract submission site may be found on the Society’s website (http://www.dntshome.org).
Conference Travel Award applicants will be notified prior to the abstract deadline if they were selected or not.
TERATOLOGY SOCIETY JAMES C. BRADFORD MEMORIAL STUDENT POSTER AWARD
This is an award for the best poster presentation by a student at the annual meetings of the Teratology Society (TS) and Developmental Neurotoxicology Society (DNTS). It is jointly sponsored by the Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Association (MARTA) and Sanofi-Aventis in honor of Dr. Jim Bradford. Dr. Bradford was a past-President of MARTA and Sigma Xi, and he served on Committees of the TS. He was Director of Research and Development Operations at Sanofi-Aventis at the time of his death. He mentored several current members of the Teratology Society and was a pioneer in Industrial Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (DART) Testing. Currently, the award consists of a plaque and $250, although the monetary award is subject to change. This award is judged at the meeting.
ELIGIBILITY
- Nominees or nominators need not be DNTS members.
- Nominees must be students, post-doctoral fellows, laboratory assistants, or new investigators, as indicated in specific award categories.
- Nominations of minority candidates - African American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Native Alaskan – are especially encouraged.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Selection of the award recipients will be made by members of the Awards Committee of DNTS. The TS Judging Committee will award the James C. Bradford Poster Award. The following criteria will be used:
- Relevance of the research topic to the DNTS membership
- Soundness of the scientific methodology
- Quality of research in terms of novelty, scope and likely impact
- Strength of recommendation letter and the applicant’s CV
- For Bradford Poster Awards, clarity/appearance of poster, oral presentation of poster
- Best Presentation awards will be judged on scholarship, study design, data analysis and interpretation, and communication of results and their impact
BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS
The Committee awards two “Best Presentation” awards at the meeting – one to a pre-doctoral student and one to a post-doctoral fellow. The awards do not include a monetary component but recognize excellence in scholarship, research and communication in either a poster or a platform presentation that is given at the annual meeting. These awardees are selected at the meeting and there is no nomination/application process.
PATRICIA RODIER MID-CAREER AWARD IN RESEARCH AND MENTORING - Deadline February 15, 2022
Jointly Sponsored by the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society and the Teratology Society
Description: This award honors the legacy of Dr. Patricia Rodier, a past President of the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society and a Council member of the Teratology Society. The award is presented during the annual joint-meeting of the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society and Teratology Society. The awardee will give a presentation related to his/her research at a jointly-sponsored session at the annual meetings. It is intended that the presentation will serve as a demonstration of independent mid-career research in neurobehavioral teratology, birth defects, or other related fields.
Eligibility requirements: Criteria for the award include evidence of a successful independent research career, as demonstrated, for example, by high quality publications in peer-reviewed journals, obtaining independent funding for research endeavors, an established teaching program, an active mentorship of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, young investigators, and/or trainees, or being generally recognized as an expert in the field. Individuals working in academia, government, and industry will be equally eligible to compete for this award. Candidates must be between at least ten years and no more than twenty years from the date of their last formal training (e.g., degree conferral, completion of their postdoctoral fellowship, residency program, clinical fellowship, etc.) and must be nominated by a member of either the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society or the Teratology Society. Letters of nomination should be sent to the Chairs of the Awards Committees of both Societies and should include past accomplishments of the candidate, current research interests and projects, information on mentoring, and information on how the nominator believes the candidate's career has advanced discovery in the field of birth defects or neurodevelopmental research. Given the research emphasis of Dr. Rodier and her devotion to educating students and postdoctoral fellows, special consideration will be given to nominees who meet the following criteria (although these criteria are not mandatory):
- Conducts research involving the central nervous system, especially those who combine structure and function in their research, and
- Can demonstrate their commitment to mentorship of students, postdoctoral fellows, young investigators, and/or trainees.
The nominee does not have to be a member of either the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society or the Teratology Society.
The proposal package should consist of the following items:
- A letter of nomination from a member of either the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society or the Teratology Society.
- A second letter of reference must be provided from another individual who is familiar with the candidate's research career.
- A copy of the candidate's curriculum vitae in PDF format.
- Documents that provide evidence of a successful independent research career if not included in the curriculum vitae (see eligibility criteria above).
- The candidate may supply a summary of his/her research career with a description of future research directions (optional).
Judging process: The award winner will be selected by the members of the Awards Committees of the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society and the Teratology Society, with ratification by the respective Society Councils, using the criteria listed above under "Eligibility." The award is made only if the Award Committees agree to do so.
Nominations may be sent to the Chair of the Teratology Society's Awards Committee, by emailing Julia Gohlke ([email protected]) or the Chair of the Developmental Neurotoxicology Society Awards Committee Mary Gilbert. The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2022.
Awardee Benefits:
- A plaque that includes the names of both Societies, the name of the award, a brief statement of the purpose of the award, and the name of the recipient
- A $500 honorarium, airfare, 2 nights’ lodging, joint registration to both Societies’ Annual Meeting (each Society covers 50% of the awardees expenses)
- Platform presentation at the Annual meeting
