Global conference funding opportunity for PhDs and postdocs: Deadline 31st August

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> *From:*Jake Livengood
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 17, 2017 9:44 AM
> *Subject:* Global conference funding opportunity for PhDs and 
> postdocs: Deadline 31st August
>
> Science startup offering travel grants of US$650 to science and 
> engineering PhD students and postdocs to present their work at 
> academic conferences, as part of our Early Career Researcher Prize to 
> accelerate scientific communication (please see grants.sparrho.com 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=57e856ac84&e=72901d7ecc>)
>
> Deadline is* Thursday 31st August *for the September round.
>
> ===============
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>
> *Sparrho Early Career Researcher Prize 2017-2018*
>
> Are you, or one of your grad students or postdocs, going to a 
> conference this year?
>
> Sparrho 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=f1d44f4c4b&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> a London-based science startup, is offering travel grants of 
> *US$650** to PhD students and postdocs from any institute who want to 
> share their research at an academic conference in the next 12 months, 
> anywhere in the world.
> https://gallery.mailchimp.com/dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a/images/0b7d79ad-0c10-4c1f-b8fd-94ce72efe358.png
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> Since June, we've received applications from over 70 countries, which 
> includes shortlisted entries 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=b051aca1c5&e=72901d7ecc>from researchers 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=596da0ee24&e=72901d7ecc> at 
> the Universities of Copenhagen 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=2350d03d3e&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> Tel Aviv 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=50dc579068&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> Edinburgh 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=8edf53bd19&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> Cambridge 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=90ca55a3dc&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> Munich 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=ece0d9cc92&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> Monash 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=9f38cbbdba&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> Caltech 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=3e65cb0467&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> MIT 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=35624b97c8&e=72901d7ecc>, 
> and University of Kelaniya 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=fff365a670&e=72901d7ecc>. 
> The platform encourages users from across world to collaborate based 
> on mutual research interests, while developing their science 
> communication skills.
>
> Take a look at the pinboards of our prize recipients from this month 
> for ideas on creating your own:
>
>   * Amanda Markovitz
>     <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=698174ddd0&e=72901d7ecc>,
>     DSci candidate at Harvard University, presenting at the American
>     Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2017 in Anaheim, California.
>   * Emeka Ogbuju
>     <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=76367da2b0&e=72901d7ecc>,
>     PhD student at Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria, presenting at
>     the International Conference – Data for Policy 2017 in London, UK.
>
> *The deadline for the Prizes to be awarded in September is the 31st 
> August, 23:59 PDT — there is still time to submit your online 
> application.*
>
>
> To see the application form and some of August's shortlisted 
> applicants, go now to: https://www.sparrho.com/researcher-prize/ 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=8f0bfb371c&e=72901d7ecc>
>
> *Applications welcome from all fields of scientific research:*
> Biology | Chemistry | Computer Science | Engineering
> Mathematics | Medicine | Physics
>
>
> *We're also supporting the following conferences and institutions:*
>
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> https://gallery.mailchimp.com/dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a/images/9de35058-82ec-4a25-bac6-85776c2efef6.png 
> <http://sparrho.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dc846249f80483d3f6aead54a&id=8f82b68721&e=72901d7ecc>
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> Future of Text Symposium
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> ...and more
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> *estimated equivalent to £500
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