The John W. Haycock Memorial Graduate Student Travel Award

Purpose and Criteria: This award was established to honor John W. Haycock, a former UCI graduate student. Dr. Haycock’s siblings established this endowed award, and many friends and colleagues have also contributed to it. The award will be presented to an outstanding graduate student in neuroscience to assist him/her in attending the annual Society for Neuroscience (SFN) conference. The student must prepare an abstract and plan on presenting their research at the SFN meeting. The purpose of the award is to defray the student’s registration and travel costs to the meeting.

Eligibility: Must be a graduate student who is in the laboratory of a CNLM Fellow on the UCI campus.

Awards available: 1 or more $1,000 awards

Requirements: CV/resume (max 2 pages), unofficial transcript, and a personal statement addressing research accomplishments, experience, and how the student will benefit from travel and presenting at SFN (500 words).

2022

Erica Ward

(Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Chrastil)
"Detecting dynamic brain networks during navigation"

Malia Bautista

(Advisor: Dr. Christie Fowler)
"The missing lynx in nicotine relapse"

Gerardo Sandoval

(Advisor: Dr. Javier Diaz)
"You can't 'slot' with us: GluA1 ATD protein interactions mediating AMPA receptor trafficking"

Jaclyn Beck

(Advisor: Dr. Mathew Blurton-Jones)
"Why are T cells invading the brain in Alzheimer's disease?"

2021

Carlene Chinn

(Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Wood)
"How our true age can be defined by our epigenetic signature"

Andra Ionescu

(Advisor: Dr. Carl Cotman)
"How exercise changes gene expression"

Scott Kilianski

(Advisor: Dr. Bruce McNaughton)
"Does the hippocampus conduct a neural orchestra?"

2020

Taylor Nakayama

(Advisor: Dr. Sunil Gandhi)
"Turning back the clock on our brain's plasticity"

Forrest Weghorst

(Advisor: Dr. Karina Cramer)
"How the ear finds the brain"

2019

XiaoTing Zheng

Her research focuses on rewiring the brain using neuronal transplantation.

Kara Wendel

Her research fo uses on understanding reward circuit modifications following early life adversity.

2018

Caitlin Suire

She researches Alzheimer's Disease.

Mitchell Farrell

His research focuses on understanding the brain mechanisms of risky decision making.

2017

Maria Montchal, PhD

While at UCI, Maria was interested in understanding how brain regions work together to support memory for complex, dynamic events.