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SfN Chapters Workshop Chapter Grant Application Tips and Ideas Regina Faulkner, PhD The Scripps Research Institute Secretary, San Diego Chapter of the SfN Outline • Chapter Grant application tips • Events/Groups to sponsor – Chapter development • Chapter meeting – Educational Outreach • Classroom visits • Regional Brain Bee Chapter Grant Application Tips • Be concise • Focus equally on event specifics and impact on community • Don’t ask for support that is not allowed (e.g., travel expenses) • You don’t have to do all the planning from the ground up, sponsor groups that further the SfN mission through their existing activities • When sponsoring events for these groups, ask them to write up a summary for you to draw from for the application • Include a diversity of activities or groups to sponsor in your application Chapter Development • Host a Chapter Meeting – Student/postdoc poster session • Hold meeting after National SfN meeting so that posters are already prepared • Consider an award as incentive – PI speakers – Roundtable discussion on a topic of choice – Consider having student/postdoc speakers, as this will also help with career development – Solicit ideas for future Chapter events or groups to sponsor – National SfN can help advertize by blasting emails to zip code areas Chapter Meeting Educational Outreach • School presentations – Contact information for local teachers/principals/science specialists is available through school websites – Utilize student/postdoc email lists to recruit volunteers – Many activity ideas for different target audiences are available online • Neuroscience for Kids: faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html • Dana Foundation: dana.org/resources/brainykids/ • Teacher training – Bring in several local teachers on a weekend for training in Neuroscience presentation topics. This targets a larger audience than is possible through individual school visits. • Host a public seminar • Sponsor a regional Brain Bee • • • • Undergraduate students from UCSD Neuroscience presentations at less-privileged local schools, primarily elementary Topics include patient cases, neuroanatomy, music and the brain, and brain injury, among others We sponsored them for the purchase of a brain model for use in their classroom presentations • • • • • Neuroscience Graduate students at UCSD Present at local Science Fairs and schools Topics include comparative neuroanatomy, sheep brain dissection, and Spiker Boxes We sponsored them for the purchase of Spiker Boxes and an iPad mini to display the output Currently initiating a teacher training program backyardbrains.com brainmuseum.org • • • • Live Neuroscience Q&A competition for local high school students Regional Bee winners compete at the National and International levels Questions based on SfN Brain Facts publication Organized by volunteers. Our sponsorship has covered things such as auditorium rental, commemorative t-shirts, and trophy for the winner Acknowledgments • Society for Neuroscience • San Diego Chapter Officers – President: Douglas Nitz, PhD – Treasurer: Adrienne Dubin, PhD – Public Liaison: Leanne Chukowski, PhD – Nominations Committee Chair: Marian Logrip, PhD