MCS Graduate Student Conference Funding Award Winners Announced
Five winners have received the Mellon College of Science Graduate Student Funding Award for fall conferences.
Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs Dejan Slepčev and Director of MCS Graduate Affairs Gwen Stanczak announced the recipients.
This round's winners include the following students and the meetings they plan to attend:
- Hanyang Luo, a master's student in Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Engineering — the Pittsburgh Rust Belt Microbiome Conference
- Mark Nicholas, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences — the Society for Neuroscience Conference
- Leenia Mukhopadhyay, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry — the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 45th Annual Meeting
- Michelle Wolf, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry — the 2024 BMES Annual Meeting
- Colin Tang, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mathematical Sciences — the American Mathematical Society 2024 Fall Sectional Meeting
The award offers students up to $500 in supplemental funding for travel, prioritizing applicants who have secured other sources of funding.
Graduate students are encouraged to apply to future rounds of the Graduate Student Conference Funding Award. Applications for conferences taking place in January, February and March will be accepted until December 15, 2024.
For more information and to apply for the award, students can visit the award website.