| The APS offers
the John F. Perkins, Jr. Memorial Award for International
Physiologists to international physiologist to promote cultural
exchange and scientific collaboration with APS members. The award
provides supplementary aid to families of foreign scientists working
for a minimum of 3 months in the U.S. In this way, young scientists
are able to bring their families to the U.S. and make full use of
the cultural exchange as well as the scientific benefits associated
with an international collaboration. The program presupposes that
the visiting scientist and his/her host already have made
arrangements for scientific collaboration and have sufficient funds
to cover the needs of the visiting scientist. Several awards are
granted each year. Applications for the Perkins Award must be made
jointly by the host, who must be an APS member, and the
visiting scientist. The recipient receives funds generally not
exceeding $5,000. The size of the award depends on the estimated
needs over and above the amount already available to the visiting
scientist. We accept applications twice yearly. The first deadline is April 15 and the second deadline is October 15. Applications are accepted via online submission at http://www.the-aps.org/awardapps .
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