BGS Career Development
Making It Count!
Thursday, November 7, 5-7pm
Schattner Pavilion, 240 S. 40th St.
Please register in advance.
Are you in the first generation of your family to graduate from college? Join other first generation graduate & professional students, alumni, faculty & staff for an informal mixer with food, drinks, and prizes!
Cosponsored by GAPSA, Penn First Plus, Penn Dental Medicine, and the Graduate Student Center.
Purpose: To provide additional resources to graduate students involved in cancer research.
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.
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.
Learn about the nuances of effective ways to visualize your data from Javier Zarracina, graphic designer for USA Today, previously at Vox.
Date: October 29, 2019
Time: 12 – 1:30 PM
Location: JMEC 515EW
RSVP is required, please note that there is LIMITED space.
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
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
