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2015 STEP Award Funding Available for Graduate Students to Enhance Career Preparation

By James Luyendyk posted 12-18-2014 16:10

  

The Society of Toxicology (SOT) Graduate Education Subcommittee and Education Committee are offering a second round of funding for professional development activites to obtain additional training that enhances career opportunities. This third round of Supplemental Training for Education Program (STEP) funding will provide approximately four awards of up to $1,000 each to enable outstanding doctoral students to pursue training in identified areas of professional/scientific development that are necessary for them to achieve their career goals but outside the immediate scope of their graduate training and research program. Two recent recipients will be announced soon.

Those funded previously were featured in Communiqué blogs.

Alexandra Munoz, New York University Medical Center, SOT STEP Awardee Explores Mathematical Frameworks for Paradigmatic Inspiration

Rance Nault, Michigan State, Commercial Potential of Research: SOT STEP Funds Participation in Entrepreneurship Academy

Matthew Wolter, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, The Art of Becoming a Strong Risk Communicator: Training Opportunity Funded by SOT STEP

Experiences such as those described above or similar to the examples below might be proposed.

•Professional development courses geared toward government-based specialties

•Writing skill enhancement

•PK training

•Statistical and software training

•Grant writing and management opportunities

•Risk assessment skill development

Application Deadline is May 15, 2015.

 

 

 

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