BGS Career Development

Making It Count!

Rebecca Lopez

Advancing Graduate Studies (AGS) in Cancer Research

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Patel Scholar Award*

Purpose: To provide additional resources to graduate students involved in cancer research.

  • $5,000 per year for supplies and research services (two years)
  • $500 per year for meeting registration and travel (use each year or lose it!)

Eligibility: Cancer Biology Group graduate students with impact scores on NIH F30/F31 proposals in 2018 or 2019, and BGS graduate students with impact scores on NCI F30/31 proposals during this time frame, are eligible.

Criteria: Awards are based on the impact score given by the study section, and relevance to cancer research in the case of tie scores. 

To Apply: Email Eric Brown (brownej@upenn.edu) and Margaret Chou (mmc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) copies of the NIH Summary Statement face page, with the impact score shown.  Please write “Patel Scholar Award” in the subject line of your email so your award is not missed or filtered.  Due date for the application is Friday, November 8, 2019.

If you are planning to apply for an F30/31 this year, templates for Research Strategy, Training Plan, Sponsor Letter and other documents are available through the BGS and CAMB programs. Please contact your graduate group chair for additional information.

*This award has been made available through a generous donation by the Patel Family.

Young Scientist Seminars Competition

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The 2020 Competition for the iBiology Young Scientist Seminars (YSS)
A partnership of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, and iBiology

Are you a graduate student or postdoc in any field of biology with a research story that you want to share with the world? Do you want to learn how to give one of the best science talks of your career?

The application for the 2020 Young Scientist Seminars is now open! Click HERE to submit your application. Access a PDF version of the application questions HERE.

Overview
The Young Scientist Seminars (YSS) is a video series produced by iBiology that features early-career scientists giving talks about their research and discoveries. As with all iBiology videos, YSS videos are freely available online and widely viewed by an international audience of students, scientists, educators, and the public. Applications must be received by December 16, 2019 (11:59pm PT) to be considered.

Learn more about eligibility and application details here.

PSPDG Panel Discussion – Science Policy Fellowships

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Have questions about Science Policy Fellowships? Ask Penn Alumni who have gone through the fellowships themselves. Dr. Lianna Viccari (CBE PhD) received the Mirazayan Science & Technology Policy Fellowship and is currently a Science & Politics Fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Policy.  Dr. Chris Yarosh (BMB PhD) did the AAAS S&TP fellowship & was a Science Policy Fellow at ACS for 2 years. 

Date: November 5, 2019
Time: 1 – 2 PM
Location: Smilow 10-146AB

#IPSAG Mid-Semester Lunch

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All health sciences students are welcome to attend! Drop by to mingle with your peers in other health sciences programs and health sciences librarians. This event is a part of the InterProfessional Student Advisory Gatherings (#IPSAG), a networking event series for students interested in working in clinical or other health-related settings.

Date: October 23, 2019
Time: 12-2 PM
Location: Biomedical Library, Johnson Pavilion 3610 Hamilton Walk

Register here: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/5602660

Open Science event at Van Pelt Library Oct. 23rd

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Open Science is a collaborative effort to improve open access to scientific research through multimodal platforms. Open scientific research is in demand not just for those who do not have access, but also creators and researchers who believe in the potential it has to offer. Please join us for a series of presentations to learn more about the evolution of scientific research and open access.

Our diverse panel of speakers will feature: Theodore Satterthwaite M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Daniel Himmelstein, Postdoctoral Fellow at Greene Lab, Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania; and Jennifer Stiso, PhD Candidate for Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Each speaker will give a short presentation, which will be followed by a Q&A session with all three speakers. We look forward to your attendance and participation!

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Location: Class of 1955 Conf. Room, 2nd Floor, VPDLC

https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/wicshops/openscience