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Dr. Randy Nelson was selected as the recipient of the 2009 Ohio State University Distinguished Lecturer Award. The University Distinguished Lecture Series was inaugurated in 1996 as one of the University’s highest honors for a senior faculty member. The lectureship is awarded in recognition of outstanding academic achievement, particularly, but not exclusively, in research, scholarship, or creative activity. The President’s and Provost’s Advisory Committee reviews nominations and recommends candidates to the President and the Provost for final selection. The Office of Academic Affairs presents an award of $5,000 to the University Distinguished Lecturer to designate for a purpose that promotes the academic goals of the lecturer’s college and/or the University. Dr. Nelson has designated his award to the Neuroscience Graduate Studies Program to support graduate student travel to scientific conference. As travel support for our program varies from year to year depending on budgetary contingencies, Distinguished Lecturer Travel funds will allow the stable provision of two $500 awards each year for the next five years. The criteria for this support are as follows: (1) Students must be first-author presenters at one of the main scientific meetings for their discipline, and either (2) their faculty mentor should have no funds to support the travel or (3) their presentation includes findings of unusually high significance for their field.Applications should include a copy of the abstract, a statement about why the meeting is important for career development, and a letter of support from the advisor. Applications can be submitted anytime during the year to Keri Bantz (Keri.Bantz@osumc.edu), but must be submitted and approved prior to the conference. Selection of awardees will be performed by the NGSP Graduate Studies Committee. In the near future we hope to identify further sources for these funds so that the support level can be increased and/or the stable support period extended beyond five years. Dr. Nelson presented his lecture “Seasonal Rhythms in Sex and Death: A Time to be Born and a Time to Die” on February 19, 2009.
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