ABOUT US
FOUNDATION FOR GENETIC TECHNOLOGY
The Foundation for Genetic Technology provides grants, scholarships and awards for AGT members funded by the following corporate sponsors:
- Outstanding Technologist Grant ($500), sponsored by Applied Imaging
- Barbara J. Kaplan Scholarship for undergraduates ($1,500), sponsored by Invitrogen
- AGT Student Research Award ($1,500), sponsored by Irvine Scientific - contact AGT about this award
- New Horizons Award ($750), for newly certified technologists , sponsored by Rainbow Scientific, Inc.
- EXCEL Award ($500), for student members of AGT, sponsored by Cytocell Limited
- Best Poster Award ($300), sponsored by FGT
- Best Platform Presentation ($500), sponsored by Genzyme Genetics
- Genome Award ($500), sponsored by Quest Diagnostics
- Best Exhibitor Booth Award sponsored by the FGT
- The Joseph Waurin Excellence in Education Award sponsored by Jim Waurin
Through public and corporate donations, the Foundation has made grants of the ISCN nomenclature book and the AGT Cytogenetic Laboratory Manual to the active cytogenetic programs in Canada and the United States and Cuba and is working on new grants to educational institutions with programs in genetic technology. The Foundation also sponsors review workshops for technologists in cytogenetics and molecular biology and has prepared the Cytogenetic Study Guide and the Molecular Study Guide for those technological disciplines.
The Awards and Scholarships Committee is responsible for awards and scholarships for undergraduate students. The Grants Committee is responsible for grants to graduate students and educational institutions as well as those grants designated to the Foundation. Recipients of awards, scholarships and grants must be AGT members.
Inquiries may be directed to:
Foundation for Genetic Technology
P.O. Box 625
Biloxi, MS 39533-0625
228-388-6159 FAX
RJCFFGT@aol.com
info@fgt-info.org