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FASEB MARC Travel Awards announced for the 2013 American College of Sports Medicine Northwest Chapter Meeting

March 8th, 2013

FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for the 2013 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Northwest Chapter Meeting in Salem, OR from March 15-16, 2013. These awards are meant to promote the entry of underrepresented minority students, postdoctorates and scientists into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at the 2013 ACSM Northwest Chapter Meeting.

Awards are given to poster/platform presenters and faculty mentors paired with the students/trainees they mentor. This year MARC conferred 1 award totaling $1,000.

The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.

POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)

Vanessa Martinez, University of Idaho

Provided by Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

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