MCS Graduate Student Conference Funding Award Winners Announced for Fall 2026
Heidi Opdyke
- Associate Dean of Marketing and Communications, MCS
- Email opdyke@andrew.cmu.edu
- Phone 412-268-9982
Five winners have received the Mellon College of Science Graduate Student Funding Award for late summer and early 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:
- Shaw Camphire, a Ph.D. candidate in Biological Sciences — the Streptococcal Biology Gordon Research Seminar and Conference
- Debojyoti Chakraborty, a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry — the Gordon Research Conference (Green Chemistry)
- Natalie Colaizzo, a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry — the ACS Fall 2026
- Fatemeh Hafezianzadeh, a Ph.D. candidate in Physics — the Second Annual Cosmic Horizons conferences
- Shuchen Zhang, a Ph.D. candidate in Physics — the 2026 Correlated Electron Systems Gordon Research Conference
The award offers students up to $600 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 are open for conferences taking place any time from October 2026 through March 2027. Completed applications will be accepted through Sept. 1, 2026.
For more information and to apply for the award, students can visit the award website.
