KAZUO MORI STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS - OPENS JANUARY 01, 2025

The Kazuo Mori Student Travel Awards were established in 2015 to support student members’ travel to the SARMAC biennial meeting. The awards are named in honor of Prof Kazuo Mori, Executive Director of SARMAC from 2012 to 2015. Prof Mori is a creative scientist; a fearless leader of psychological science in Japan; an excellent teacher; an artist, author and illustrator of books for children and adults—and most of all, a tireless and generous advocate for students in the field of applied memory and cognition. In 2022, the Association for Psychological Science recognized Prof Mori’s outstanding support for early-career researchers by awarding him a prestigious APS Mentor Award. Prof Mori is also champion of international collaborations—he works hard to bring international scholars together to work on large-scale projects and regularly hosts a productive meeting for applied cognitive researchers in Japan (The International Roundtable on Memory, IROM). Prof Mori currently works at the Faculty of School Education at Matsumoto University in Japan. You can read more about Prof Mori, his research and IROM, here.

THE CALL FOR STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS FOR THE SARMAC 2025 MEETING IN CO. KILDARE WILL OPEN ON JANUARY 01, 2025

Congratulations to the recipients of the student travel awards 2023!

We are excited to announce that we will be offering a minimum of 6 awards to help students attend SARMAC XV in Kildare, Ireland, to present their work. Based on a recent survey, SARMAC student members indicated overwhelming preference (73%) for the Travel Awards to provide partial attendance support that considers the location of the recipient. Therefore, the award for SARMAC XV will cover the overall conference fees (travel, accommodation, conference fees) at 75%. The maximum value of each award will be US$2000.

An adjudication committee comprising of the SARMAC Events and Awards committee, early career researchers, and senior PhD students will blindly review the applications. The grants will be awarded based on research quality and lack of alternative financial assistance.

Applications will open January 1st 2025 and submissions will close on February 28, 2025. Any student member who is presenting (talk, poster) is eligible to apply.

Applicants must:

Have student status at the time of applying for SARMAC XV.
Be responsible for presenting the project.
Be present throughout the duration of the conference.
Be a SARMAC student member.

Top apply, you will need:

Your 100-word short abstract
A 500-word research summary
An estimated budget for your travel & accommodation costs, and a PDF with evidence of those estimated costs (where possible)
A letter of support from your primary supervisor

We strongly encourage any student who is planning to present at the conference to apply! If you have any questions, please email students@sarmac.org

Decisions will be made by March 21, 2025 (just prior to the early-bird registration deadline).

We look forward to seeing you in Ireland!

The SARMAC Student Caucus