Student Resources

We are pleased to announce the return of our Student Travel Awards to help offset the cost of travel to the NATA Annual Meeting to present an oral or poster presentation of your research. A blinded review of applications will be conducted by a subcommittee of the ATOAC’s Annual Meeting Workgroup. The award consists of a certificate and $250. Due to the higher cost of attending this year’s meeting, awardees will also receive free ATOAC Annual Meeting registration. Up to 2 awards will be handed out at the ATOAC annual meeting occurring on June 25 from 12-3pm in New Orleans.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Faculty research mentor must be an ATOAC member.
    • Students/ postdocs are not required to be ATOAC members to submit a travel award application. However, you must be a member to accept the award. Membership is free. 
  • Must be currently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral degree program, or completing postdoctoral research training/ fellowship
  • Must be first author on the abstract to be presented

Application Submission Material

  1. Cover letter (maximum 1 page) describing the benefit of attending the meeting. You should also discuss current or planned engagement with the ATOAC.
  2. Current CV.
  3. Copy of email correspondence from the NATA REF verifying that the submitted abstract has been accepted for presentation. 
  4. An expanded version of the original abstract submitted for presentation. The abstract should be limited to 1000 words with title, authors, and institutions clearly listed. Title block does not count toward word limit. All text should be 12 point font with 1” margins. Subheadings should include: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. The abstract should include an additional heading titled Alignment with ATOAC that clearly explains how the work being presented aligns with the mission of the ATOAC. Limit this subsection to 100 words (will count toward the 1000 word limit).
  5. Applications should be submitted through the ATOAC website here by 11:59pm ET on May 12th. Combine all materials into a single PDF with the file name Lastname_Firstname_StudentTravelAward.pdf

If you have questions regarding the application process, please email Katie Collins at kcolli@unc.edu.