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WASHINGTON, DC – Thanks to the generosity of donors to the Friends of SfN Fund, foundations and corporate supporters, and the SfN Council, the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is supporting a record 272 neuroscience fellows to attend Neuroscience 2022 through the Professional Development Award of trainees (TPDA) program. Awardees will present their research at a special poster session, attend professional development workshops and interact with colleagues and senior researchers.
“As we return to an in-person gathering for the first time in three years, SfN is delighted to support a record number of trainees to take advantage of Neuroscience 2022’s unparalleled opportunities to present research, build career connections and hone professional skills,” said SfN President Gina Turrigano. “The SfN Board is proud to lead this fundraising initiative, and we are deeply grateful for the support from SfN member donors and our foundation and corporate supporters, who contributed significant co-funding to make this year’s record possible.”
The TPDA program provides catalytic support to promising undergraduates and PhD and postdoctoral fellows: awardees receive free registration and, for those who attend Neuroscience 2022 in person, a travel stipend. The 2022 TPDA recipients represent 18 countries and over 100 institutions worldwide. Awardees span a range of career levels: 57 postdoctoral fellows, 195 doctoral students, and 20 undergraduates. Sixty-three percent of TPDA awardees are women, and more than 53 percent are from diverse racial and ethnic groups.
A multifaceted coalition of donors has stepped forward to make this year’s record number of TPDA awardees possible. SfN’s Friends of SfN Fund—donations from SfN members and the community—provided over $31,000 to support the program. The Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Lilly and the Rainwater Charitable Foundation each provided $25,000, and the Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) and Science Translational Medicine also provided gifts. To recognize the importance of this program, the SfN Council contributed $100,000 and also provided a one-to-one match for any gift of $25,000 and above.
TPDA honorees in recent years have cited the program’s benefit to their career trajectory. “The TPDA has already benefited my career so much… just getting access to the leading research in the [computational neuroscience] it was amazing,” said Brianna Marsh, a student at the University of Kansas. Mora Ogando, a graduate student at the Biomedical Research Institute in Buenos Aires, reported that “I get the chance to … network and get postdoctoral interviews, which is very difficult from Argentina. To have personal interviews with all these people is a great opportunity for me.” Colleen Carpenter, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, expressed, “I found [the SfN annual meeting] very valuable to meet long-time researchers in my field… and learn what they think are great tips for success as a scientist.”
To learn more about the TPDA program and opportunities to participate, please visit www.sfn.org or contact David Lindeman, Director of Grants and Development, at development@sfn.org.
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The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is an organization of basic scientists and clinicians who study the brain and nervous system.
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