Regenerative Medicine Symposium SCN Travel Award 2023

Location: MaRS Centre.
Date: April 26-27, 2022

• Complete the application form here as soon as possible.
• In addition to completing the application form, SCN requires a full letter of support from your current supervisor detailing how your attendance at TPRM and the Annual Regenerative Medicine Symposium will benefit your research and the lab’s stem cell research program as a whole. Letters should be e-mailed by supervisors directly to Ellie Arnold, earnold@stemcellnetwork.ca at the same time you submit your application online.
• A confirmation email will be sent within 24 hours of SCN receiving the submitted CV support letter. If a confirmation email is NOT received from SCN within 24 hours of submission it is the responsibility of the applicant to contact SCN and ensure that all application materials have been received by SCN.
• SCN management will review applications, and applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application in due course.

• Applicants must be registered for the Graduate Course in Regenerative Medicine.
• Applicants must be a trainee / HQP (highly qualified personnel, i.e. graduate student, post-doctoral fellow, research assistant or research associate) working in a Canadian lab.
• Applicants must be working on a research project in the field of stem cells and must clearly demonstrate that they have an interest in and need to acquire knowledge in the areas covered by the Symposium.
• Trainees / HQP based at a Toronto lab are not eligible to apply.

• This is a rolling call for applications; there is no application deadline. Applications will be assessed for merit as they are received at the SCN office; once all travel awards have been made, the competition will close. Therefore, interested trainees are encouraged to apply for the travel award as soon as possible.
• The SCN travel award will cover travel to and from Toronto, three nights hotel accommodation at our designated hotel, plus meal expenses incurred (note: there is no reimbursement for meals that are provided at the Symposium).
• Reimbursement will be processed following the Symposium and in accordance with SCN’s Travel & Reimbursement Policy (policy will be provided to successful applicants).
• By accepting a SCN travel award, the recipient agrees to complete a post-event survey describing the value of the training and networking opportunities made available through the Symposium. This information will be used at SCN’s discretion on its website, newsletters and for the purpose of reporting to their funding agencies.