Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology

Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology
Award Description The Colgate-Palmolive Company sponsors the Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology through the Society of Toxicology to advance the development of alternatives to animal testing in toxicological research. The award is given in alternate years and includes stipend and research-related costs (up to $38,500) for one year. The award may be extended for an additional year upon an agreement between Colgate-Palmolive and the postdoctoral fellow. Postdoctoral trainees in their first year of study beyond the Ph.D., M.D., or D.V.M. degree who are academic institutions, federal/national laboratories or research institutes worldwide may apply. The Awards Committee will review applications, which are due in even calendar years and the fellowship is awarded for the following year. The next award application deadline is October 9, 2008 for the 2009 award.

The award consists of a plaque and fellowship funds.

Criteria for award:

Postdoctoral trainees employed by academic institutions, federal/national laboratories, or research institutes
Doctoral degree must have been conferred before this fellowship is awarded
Preference will be given to applicants in their first year of postdoctoral study
Applicant or postdoctoral advisor must be a member or pending member of the Society. If the recipient is not a member, he or she will be required to submit a membership application before the fellowship is conferred
Proposed research should involve alternative methods as defined by the “three R’s”
Potential of the proposed work to contribute to the advancement of the field of alternatives
Items needed in the application:

Application form
Budget sheet
Description of research to be performed
Curriculum vitae
Reprints of up to three representative publications
Letter of reference from doctoral advisor
Letter of reference from the proposed postdoctoral advisor
Third letter of reference

Apply by downloading application files, completing, and mailing original plus 7 copies to:
Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology
Society of Toxicology
1821 Michael Faraday Drive, Suite 300
Reston, VA 20190

Letters of reference are mailed directly by the writer to the address above