Financiamento para a ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

GRANTS TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Florence, Italy, October 2-6, 2013

Deadline for submission of application: April 1, 2013

AIM OF THE GRANTS:

The aim of the SPR grant program is to encourage psychophysiologists from Latin America, Africa, Asia (except Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan) or Eastern Europe to become members of SPR and to participate actively in its annual meetings. The award includes a stipend to help with travel and accommodation expenses, free registration at the conference, free membership in the Society for the year 2013, and free subscription to the Society’s journal,Psychophysiology, for 2013. The amount of each individual grant (from $500 to $1,000) will be decided based on travel distance from the country of origin to the conference.
CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION:

(a) Applicants must submit an abstract for a poster, symposium, or panel discussion. Instructions and online submission information are available at the SPR web site: www.sprweb.org
(b) The abstract must report research within the domain of human psychophysiology using physiological measures of central (e.g., EEG, MEG, ERP, fMRI etc.) or peripheral nervous system functions (e.g., somatic reflexes, autonomic activity, endocrine, immune functions etc.).
(c) Applicants at research centers or universities located in Latin America, Africa, Asia (except Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan) or Eastern Europe are eligible.
(d) Applicants must either be a member of the SPR or have applied for membership.
(e) The grantees of last year are eligible to apply again although candidates who have not yet received an award will be given higher priority.
(f) Candidates should be aware that the present grant program is intended to help awardees to attend the meeting; it is not intended to, nor the Society is responsible for, covering the whole expenses with travel and accommodation.
(g) The grant will be paid to grantees at the SPR meeting.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Candidates should send their grant application before APRIL 1, 2013, via e-mail to
vilajaime@yahoo.es . The following materials should be attached:
(a) A summary in English of the curriculum vitae which should include in detail: international and domestic publications, congresses/symposia/workshops/courses attended abroad indicating
presentation type (oral or poster), year of degree, year and grants received, and current position (student or non-student, and name of current university or institution).
(b) A copy of the abstract submitted for the 53rd annual meeting and a copy of the receipt issued by the SPR web site: www.sprweb.org. The final decision regarding each candidate is contingent on acceptance of this abstract by the program committee.
(c) A copy of membership application if not currently a member. Although no payment is required, please indicate that you are applying for the SPR travel grant in the “Method of Payment” section of the SPR membership application form. Applicants who fail to win the grant award will, of course, need to find other means to pay their registration fees.
More Info:

http://www.sprweb.org/grants/index.cfm