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UNC Lineberger Travel Awards

As part of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) initiative, UNC Lineberger’s Training & Education program provides up to $1,500 for students, fellows, and trainees to help defray the costs of travel, registration, and other related expenses to attend and/or present at cancer-related scientific meetings. Travel award funds may also be used to attend workshops, seminars, and training programs to enhance skills in a cancer-related area.

Application Guidelines

  • Applicant must be a current UNC student, fellow, or trainee, both at time of application and at time of the proposed travel.
  • Applicant must not already be supported by an NIH T32 training grant.
  • If successful, applicants must receive notification of a travel award prior to commencing travel.
  • No international travel.
  • Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously been the recipient of a travel award and those who have received an invitation to present research at a scientific conference.

Stipulations

  • These awards are state funds and all travel must follow UNC policy. Supported expenses include registration fees; airline, train or bus tickets; ground transportation; lodging; and per diem rates for food following NC regulations.
  • The travel award is not a cash award. Up to $1,500 can be used for the awardee’s conference/meeting and cannot be transferred to another award cycle or conference/meeting.
  • Registration and travel costs can be paid for in advance using the award; other expenses are reimbursed after the travel as per UNC policy. Reimbursement will be made for covered expenses up to $1,500.

Application Deadline

The application period is now closed.   

Current Awardees

  • Jenny Coelho, BS – Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Yuri Fedoriw’s Lab
  • Maddy Jenner – Graduate Student, UNC Pharmacology
  • Jaewon Lee, MD – Surgery Fellow, UNC Surgical Oncology

Previous Awardees

  • Amy Cole – PhD Candidate, Carolina Health Informatics Program, Division of Healthcare Engineering
  • Anna Ilyasova – University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Co-President, Physicians for Human Rights
  • Derek Bolhuis – Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Biophysics
  • Katherine Barnett, PhD – Ting Lab, Genetics, Microbiology & Immunology
  • Zhengbro Zhu, PhD – Department of Radiology
  • Mikayla Feldauer – Department of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology – Mentor: Katherine Hoadley
  • Tarek Zikry – Department of Genetics – Mentor: Michael Kosorok
  • Juanita Lizeth Sanchez Rubiano – Graduate Research Assistant (James/Frye Lab), Department of Chemistry
  • Rebecca Johnson – Graduate Research Assistant (Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy)
  • Emily Fennell, PhD – Pharmacology, attended and presented at the Gordon Research Conference, March 2023 (Lucca, Italy)
  • Zachary Schranck – MD/PhD student, attended the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, April 2023 (Orlando, FL)
  • Jordyn Brown, MPH – Graduate student (Epidemiology), attended the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) 2023 Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA)
  • Aditi Kothari – Graduate student (Pharmacology), attended the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023 (Orlando, FL)
  • Sandra (Sandy) Zarmer – Graduate student (Pharmacology), attended the AACR Special Conference: Pancreatic Cancer 2022 (Boston, MA)