Instructions for completing the application form
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| Section 1 - Applicant Information | ||||
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| Instructions for submitting your application to the JCC Fund office | This online form will help you to complete your application in steps.
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| Additional Forms |
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| First Name | ||||
| Last Name | ||||
| Middle Name | ||||
| Salutation | ||||
| Gender | ||||
| Date of Birth | ||||
| Marital Status | ||||
| Number of Children | ||||
| Ages | e.g. If you have 2 children of ages 3 and 6 you will put 3, 6 | |||
| Country of Citizenship | Select the country whose passport you normally enter the United States with | |||
| Current Address | Please give the mailing address where you can be reached throughout the review period of your application. PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF THE FUND IF YOUR ADDRESS SHOULD CHANGE AFTER SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION. | |||
| Telephone | ||||
| The email address at which you will like to receive official correspondence from the Fund. One address only. | ||||
| Current Institution | Your current institutional affiliation | |||
| Institution Telephone | A contact telephone number for your current institution | |||
| Other Agencies (applied to) | List other grants you have applied to or plan to apply to. | |||
| Institution Address | The mailing address of your current institution | |||
| Doctoral Degree | Have you received your PhD? | |||
| Section 2 - Research Proposal | |
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| Sponsor's Name | The name of your sponsor |
| Sponsor's Address | The address of your primary sponsor for this fellowship. The sponsor is the person in whose lab you will be undertaking your fellowship-funded research. |
| Sponsor's Telephone Number | |
| Sponsor's Fax Number | |
| Preferred Start Date | The earliest date you may select is July 1 2008. |
| Sponsor lab start date | Date started in Sponsor's lab (or expected start date) |
| Award Term | Select how long you want the fellowship for |
| Sponsor's Institution | |
| Email Address | Invite your sponsors to complete your sponsor forms electronically here |
| Proposal Title | Please keep the title as brief as possible. |
| Summary of proposal | Please limit your summary to about 200 words. See here for the reason behind this restriction |
| Section 3 - References | |
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| Referee 1 - Name | References – provide three references in addition to your Sponsor (Your sponsor may be a reference please list them as such here. Also they must complete the reference rating form in addition to providing the sponsor letter. Invite your referees here.) |
| Referee 1 - Institution | |
| Referee 1 - Address | |
| Referee 1 - Telephone | |
| Referee 1 - Email Address | |
| Referee 2 - Name | |
| Referee 2 - Institution | |
| Referee 2 - Address | |
| Referee 2 - Telephone | |
| Referee 2 - Email Address | |
| Referee 3 - Name | |
| Referee 3 - Institution | |
| Referee 3 - Address | |
| Referee 3 - Telephone | |
| Referee 3 - Email Address | |
| Section 4 - Educational Data | |
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| Title of PhD thesis | |
| PhD Conferred (or Expected) | The date on which you received or expect to receive your doctoral degree. |
| PhD Sponsor's Name | The name of your thesis supervisor |
| PhD Institution | |
| Other Degrees | Please list all college or university education in chronological order. Indicate type and date of all pending or expected degrees including supervisor. Use the format Month and Year, Institution, Degree, Supervisor |
| PhD Sponsor Address | |
| PhD Sponsor's Email Address | The email address of your primary PhD thesis supervisor |
| Section 5 - Statement | |
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| General Statement - Page 1 | The general statement is a plan of proposed investigations and training. The statement should not exceed 2500 words. Please note that this is a guideline, not a hard-and-fast rule. Different line-spacing can lead to different results when you save your complete application to PDF for printing.
References, figure legends, figures or other supporting documents pertaining to the proposal may be attached below. |
| General Statement - Page 2 | You may continue your general statement on this page if it does not fit within a single page. |
| Figures and Legends (.pdf files preferred) | References, figures and legends, pertaining to the proposal may be attached (electronically). Each attachment (up to 5) may not be more than 2MB. Accepted file formats are .doc, .ppt, .pdf |
| Section 6 - Experience | |
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| Professional positions | List all professional positions held. Use the format Month and Year, Position, Title |
| Previous research experience | Describe your major research accomplishments including reference to the laboratory in which they were performed. |
| Affiliations | List scholarship honors, membership in professional societies and other organizations. Use the format Month and Year, Organization or Professional Society, Title (if any) |
| Publications | List your published articles and manuscripts submitted for publication. We do not need to receive paper copies of these articles. |