Dear CSU Faculty, FCG, and Department Chairs;

Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for the Fall 2014 Faculty and Student Travel Grant Programs are now open.

Proposal Deadline:     October 13, 2014 (before 5:00 p.m. pacific time)

Award Notification:   December, 2014

RFPs with complete review criteria and eligibility requirements, submission information and forms are available at:

Faculty Travel Grant:  http://www.calstate.edu/csuperb/grants/faculty-travel-program/   

Student Travel Grant: http://www.calstate.edu/csuperb/grants/student-travel-program/

The CSUPERB Travel Grant programs support CSU faculty and student travel to biotechnology-related professional meetings and workshops or to collect biotechnology-related data at shared instrumentation facilities or specialized research sites.  The fall round of grants will support travel between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

CSUPERB welcomes and encourages applications from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to life sciences, physical sciences, clinical sciences, math, computer science, agricultural science, engineering and business.

This announcement is to all faculty and students involved or interested in biotechnology education and research on campus.