Undergraduate Travel and Mentoring Award

The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution is pleased to announce 10 travel grant and mentorship awards for undergraduate students to attend the annual SMBE meeting.

The selected students will participate in a Mentoring and Diversity Program, where by each student will be paired with a mentor to assist them throughout the SMBE meeting. Selection will take into account merit, geographic and other representation. Half of these awards will also be aimed at increasing geographic representation at the SMBE annual meeting.

The goals of this program are:

  • to provide students with the opportunity to experience the excitement of attending and presenting at an international scientific conference,
  • to foster enthusiasm for molecular biology and evolution as well as a possible career in the field,
  • to promote diversity at the SMBE annual meeting.


Award Information

Eligibility: Applicants must be undergraduate students at the time of application. Masters students under a 3+2 system are also eligible.

 

Application: Via the abstract submission system for the annual meeting for which the award applies. 

For 2021, SMBE will be making updates to the awards. An announcement will be sent out to SMBE members in late-January/early-February 2021 with new information.

Applicants are required to submit:
an abstract describing your research (<250 words)
a short explanation of why you want to attend this meeting, including mention of whether you fall into a group traditionally underrepresented at SMBE, such as enrolling in university later in life or being the first in your family to attend university (<250 words)
a short letter of support from your academic supervisor, confirming that you are undergraduate or a Masters student under 3+2, and that the research is your own (~250 words)

  • an abstract describing your research (<250 words)
  • a short explanation of why you want to attend this meeting, including mention of whether you fall into a group traditionally underrepresented at SMBE, such as enrolling in university later in life or being the first in your family to attend university (<250 words)
  • a short letter of support from your academic supervisor, confirming that you are undergraduate or a Masters student under 3+2, and that the research is your own (~250 words)

Grant recipients will prepare and present a poster describing their work at the meeting.  Instructions for preparing posters along with mentoring will be available for help with poster preparation.


 Awards:  

Awardees are granted up to US $1,500 for travel within the same continent, and up to US $2,000 for long-haul travel. Reimbursements are processed after the meeting and awardees may claim travel, accommodation and meeting registration expenses. 

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