Are you a graduate student who would like to attend a scientific conference but is concerned about the expense? Apply for the NextBio travel grant!
Attending scientific conferences is important for graduate students. Unfortunately, many students find the expense of attending a conference to be a significant barrier. I remember even with the budget-stretching strategy of sleeping on the couch in a hotel room full of grad students, attending my first national conference took up a noticeable share of my monthly stipend.
One of the founding principles of NextBio is to enhance information sharing within the scientific community and to democratize data. Enabling student participation in scientific conferences is a perfect fit with NextBio’s philosophy and goals. The entire NextBio team is very pleased to announce that we will be offering three $500 travel grants for graduate students to attend the conference of their choice.
To apply, students must submit a one-page essay on how NextBio’s tools have been beneficial to them in the pursuit of their research. Winners will be determined by a panel of NextBio scientists. The deadline for application is March 15th 2009. You can find the rules for the competition here.
Lisa Green PhD
lisa@nextbio.com
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