The Histochemical Society offers a number of awards to its members and other individuals whose research demonstrates a greater understanding and application of histochemical techniques. These awards include travel awards and achievement awards. Please see individual awards for specific descriptions and application requirements. Dependent on the award, you must apply for an award or be nominated by a member of The Histochemical Society.
Eligibility:
- Requirements for HCS awards vary, please see individual awards for requirements.
- For awards that require submission of an abstract, an abstract must be submitted to Experimental Biology (EB) 2013 by November 13, 2012.
The following awards require nominations and do not accept applications:
- The Anna-Mary Carpenter-Ellen M. Rasch Award
- The George Gomori Award
Applying for Awards:
*NEW UPDATE 11/26 - The deadline to apply for the 2013 awards is January 18, 2013 with the following exceptions:
• Travel Trainee Award - closed
• The Student and Post-Doctoral travel award for the HCS Immuno-histochemistry and Microscopy deadline remains January 31, 2013, and has not changed.
• MARC Travel Awards deadline of Feb. 12 remains, and has not changed
• The date for submission of late-breaking abstracts to EB is Feb 21, 2013 but the site is not yet open.
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Research Scientist Travel Award
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HCS Outstanding Young Investigator Award (Not offered in 2013)
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Travel Awards for Students and PostDoctoral Fellows
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Vector Laboratories Young Investigator Award
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Ralph D. Lillie Award
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Honorary Awards
The Anna-Mary Carpenter-Ellen M. Rasch Award
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The George Gomori Award (Next offered in 2015)
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JHC Lectureship Award
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Other Society Awards
FASEB MARC Awards
These awards apply to attend the Immunohistochemistry and Microscopy Course (IHCM) organized by HCS at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
The FASEB MARC Program will sponsor the HCS/FASEB MARC 2013 Travel Awards to help support the participation of faculty/mentors, postdoctoral fellows, and students from minority institutions and historically black colleges and universities in the United States. Faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows of underrepresented groups from majority institutions are also eligible to apply for these travel awards. The HCS/FASEB MARC travel awards will provide up to $1,850 in funding for travel-related expenses and course registration to each award recipient (in the form of reimbursement after the meeting). The application deadline for MARC Travel Awards is February 12th, 2013. The MARC Awards have their own application form and instructions for applying. Please download the “IHCM Short Course Application” at the bottom of the following page:
FASEB MARC Awards Website
IMPORTANT. The application deadline for attendance at the Immunohistochemistry and Microscopy Course must first be made to the Marine Biological Laboratory by January 11, 2013. Applicants accepted into the course may apply for the FASEB MARC awards by February 12, 2013.
IFSHC David Glick Lectureship
The International Federation of Societies for Histochemistry and Cytochemistry presents this award at each International Congress of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry in recognition of the contributions of David Glick. The Lecturer selected should be a prominent histochemist or cytochemist, who will be granted travel expenses, a cash honorarium and a scroll or certificate to mark the award.