Opportunity Awards

Theme: “Mechanome heterogeneity through space and/or time: creating function through the madness”
Description: “This could be the role of temporal heterogeneity where previous research has focused on spatial heterogeneity, or the role of spatial heterogeneity where previous research has focused on temporal heterogeneity. The heterogeneity can either be a driver of biological function, or could be a research probe, i.e., by introducing variability that creates a natural experiment.”

 

Awards of up to $2,500 will support travel for a team of two or three graduate students or postdocs for travel to the other’s respective lab to work on a new collaboration. A broad topic will be announced related to mechanobiology at the conference. To be eligible for the award, graduate students or postdocs must co-submit a single abstract (350 words or less) that addresses the topic before the end of the conference (July 27th at midnight) by email to mechbio@uci.edu with the subject [Opportunity Award]. By August 10, 2018 at midnight, the proposers must co-submit a complete proposal (3 pages or less) and each proposer must submit an advisor support form at https://sites.uci.edu/mechbio2018/opportunity-awards/. A member from each of the submitting labs must have attended the symposium, the labs must be from different from institutions, and must not have co-published before.

The announcement of the award recipients will be made by emailing the award recipients and the faculty mentors of the award recipients, and through a posting on the conference website. After one year, the winning teams will produce a progress report submitted to the Organizers. After two years, the teams will be invited to present their final research at the next Mechbio Symposium, which will be held in 2020.

Advisor Support Form