Travel awards are available for students and postdoctoral fellows (until five years after receiving doctoral degree). These awards are competitive, and are made based on scientific merit and abstract quality, as assessed by the NITA selection committee. Applications for Travel Awards must be made on line at the time of abstract submission, and applicants must indicate their willingness to make an oral presentation of there submitted work during the annual meeting. “Poster Only” submissions will not be considered for Travel Awards. Finally, only one abstract from each applicant will be eligible for NITA consideration. Applicants submitting more than one abstract for presentation during the annual meeting, must specify which one they wish to have considered for a NITA. Award winners will be recognized in the Annual Meeting Program and at the annual meeting banquet. Some award-recipients will present their work during the NITA Symposium, while additional NITA awardees will present their work in other topically appropriate platform sessions at the annual meeting.

Eligibility: Pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows for whom no more than five years have elapsed since earning the doctoral degree may apply for Travel Awards. However, individuals will be eligible to receive a NITA only once as a pre-doctoral student and once again following receipt of their doctoral degree. Thus, an individual may receive no more than two NITAs. For purposes of future eligibility, recipients of the Collier or Sakai Travel Awards are considered to be NITA recipients. Note that while neither NITA applicants nor their research mentors do not need to be SSIB members at the time applications are submitted, they must members at the time of award distrubution.

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This award honors Dr. George H. Collier for his contributions to ingestive behavior research and his commitment to promoting the careers of new scientists. Dr. Collier's research was broadly related to environmental and cognitive influences on eating behavior and body weight. His work was influential in bringing to the fore the richness of the factors that influence eating behavior. He was a rare individual, an outstanding teacher, research mentor, outdoorsman, friend and colleague. George was one of the founding members of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior and in 1997 received the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior’s Distinguished Career Award.

Eligibility criteria for the George H. Collier New Investigator Award are the same as for the NITA, except that the Collier New Investigator Award is made to a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow whom the selection committee deems to be working in an area related to Dr. Collier's research interests. The George H. Collier New Investigator Travel Award recipient is selected from the pool of NITA applicants by the NITA Selection Committee. With regard to past and subsequent award eligibility, recipients of the Collier Award are considered to have received a NITA.

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This award honors Dr. Randall R. Sakai for his dedicated mentoring of students and post-doctoral fellows. Dr. Sakai’s research was broadly related the neuroendocrine control of behavior and physiology. He made influential contributions to a variety of research areas including salt appetite and fluid balance, the effects of acute and chronic stress on metabolic and mental health outcomes, and developmental influences on brain and behavior. Dr. Sakai provided invaluable service to the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, having served on the Board of Directors (1999-2002) and as the Director of Nominations (2001-2003). He was also the recipient of the inaugural Alan N. Epstein Research Award.

Eligibility criteria for the Randal R. Sakai New Investigator Award are the same as for the NITA, except that the Sakai New Investigator Award is made to a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow whom the selection committee deems to be working in an area related to Dr. Sakai's research interests. The Randall R. Sakai New Investigator Travel Award recipient is selected from the pool of NITA applicants by the NITA Selection Committee. With regard to past and subsequent award eligibility, recipients of the Sakai Award are considered to have received a NITA.

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The funds, initially provided by Dr. Dorothy Gietzen, will support one annual award to promote the presentation on protein feeding research by a woman. SSIB membership or history of membership is not required nor disqualifying. Eligibility criteria for the Dorothy W. Gietzen New Investigator Award are the same as for the NITA, except that the Gietzen New Investigator Award is made to a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow whom the selection committee deems to be working in an area related to Dr. Gietzen’s research interests on protein. The Dorothy W. Gietzen New Investigator Travel Award recipient is selected from the pool of NITA applicants by the NITA Selection Committee. With regard to past and subsequent award eligibility, recipients of the Award are considered to have received a NITA.

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The International Foundational Fund was established through a gift from Dr. Harry R. Kissileff in honor of Drs. Jacques Le Magnen (France), Anton Steffens (The Netherlands), Jacob Steiner (Israel), and Steven Cooper (The United Kingdom). It provides financial support to scholars currently conducting research in these countries to participate in the meeting. It is awarded at the discretion of the Program Committee.”

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