(Drosophila Conference only)
This award, which honors the memory of Victoria Finnerty, has been established to support travel costs for undergraduates engaged in research to attend the
Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Vickie, who died in February 2011, was a long-time member of the Genetics Society of America and served the Drosophila
community and the Genetics community at large in many capacities.
A wonderful geneticist, Vickie’s ground-breaking work as a graduate student used high resolution recombination analysis to dissect gene structure. This set the
stage for a 35 year career in which she excelled as a gifted teacher as well as research scientist.
Vickie was known for her creativity in and dedication to the training of undergraduates in Drosophila genetics; her passion for the field of genetics was
contagious. Vickie was also a wise and compassionate mentor and teacher for whom interactions with her students was a constant joy. She constantly sought new
ways to engage undergraduates in their genetics courses and in research; this travel fellowship fund will continue Vickie’s stellar example.
Applicants must be GSA members, and can
only use these awards to present
research at the Drosophila Conference.
Applications must be accompanied by two
letters of recommendation, one from the
PI of the laboratory in which the
applicant is conducting research, and
the other from a postdoc, graduate
student, or technician with whom the
applicant works directly or another
professor familiar with the research.
Current Victoria Finnerty Award Winners
| Year |
Name |
Institution at Time of Award |
| 2018 |
Leah Anderson |
The Ohio State University |
| 2018 |
Elizabeth Hemenway |
University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| 2018 |
Oandy Naranjo |
Boston University |
| 2018 |
Emily Rivard |
College of the Holy Cross |
| 2018 |
Yonatan Schwartz |
Yeshiva University |
| 2018 |
Nicholas Bulthuis |
Loyola University Chicago |
| 2018 |
Karam Khateeb |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2018 |
Jingxian Liu |
Cornell University |
| 2018 |
Rose Besen-McNally |
College of the Atlantic research done at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory |
| 2018 |
Katie Tiemeyer |
Boston University |
 Previous
Finnerty Award Winners
Contribute to The Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Award
Memorial Fund:
Contribute online with your membership renewal or click here to donate online.
Or, send a check to the Genetics Society of America with “Vickie Finnerty Fund” written in the lower left memo and mail to:
The Genetics Society of America
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998
* The Genetics Society of America is a nonprofit 501 (C) 3 corporation and contributions are tax deductible under the U.S. Federal Income Tax Code. |
