Alisa Suen, graduate student in the lab of Dr Carmen Williams, is the 2015 recipient of the Anita Payne Scholarship. This award was established in 2012 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) to help support the cost of travel and participation in the Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) course. Supported by a grant from the Anita Payne Endowment Fund, the award has a value of $5,000 and is presented to the highest-ranking applicant admitted to FIR who is also an SSR Trainee Member. FIR is an intensive, six-week laboratory and lecture course for scientists-in-training who seek to improve their knowledge and experimental skills in order to pursue a career in the Reproductive Sciences. FIR is held each summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, a world-famous training ground for Experimental Biologists. Alisa was selected as one of 20 participants this year from a highly competitive admissions pool that includes graduate students, postdoctoral and clinical fellows, and junior faculty.