Spring Issue 2006

Call for SOT Award Nominations—Deadlines are Approaching

Now is a good time to begin preparations for nominating SOT members—or yourself—for one of the many SOT Awards. The application deadline is October 9, with an earlier deadline for one student award (see below). Each year at the annual meeting the Society recognizes its distinguished toxicologists and students with several prestigious awards at a special Awards Ceremony. The Awards Committee reviews applications and selects the recipients for SOT awards and Sponsored Awards, and this year will be assuming the responsibility for the graduate student and post-doctoral fellow awards previously determined by the Education Committee. Details about each award and the required application items are available on the SOT Awards and Fellowships section of the Web site. Students intending to apply this fall should submit their membership applications in advance of the September 1 membership application deadline.

For SOT Awards, a sponsor and a seconder, who are full members of SOT, must submit a nomination using the Award Nomination Form available through the Awards Nomination On-Line system beginning July 1. The supporting documentation must indicate the candidate’s achievements in toxicology and is critical in the review of each application. These nominations remain valid for two additional years.

Several Sponsored Awards are available, including the Colgate-Palmolive Grants for Alternative Research. This year the deadline for applications is also October 9. The goal of the funding is to identify and support efforts that promote, develop, refine, or validate scientifically acceptable animal alternative methods to facilitate the safety assessment of new chemicals and formulations.

June 15 is the next deadline for the Colgate-Palmolive Award for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods. Graduate Student applicants submit a proposal for funding of a training experience in in vitro or alternatives methodology to enhance their thesis or dissertation research. Additional deadlines are October 9 and February 15.

This is the year for applications for the Colgate-Palmolive Post-Doctoral Fellowship in In Vitro Toxicology. The fellowship is awarded in alternate years to support post-doctoral research furthering the development and implementation of research techniques that replace, reduce, or refine the use of animals. The award is renewable for a second year.