** Deadline has Passed **
The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) will be held in St. Louis, Missouri November 9-12, 2011. ABRCMS is the largest, professional conference for students of biomedical and behavioral studies, typically attracting 1,500 undergraduate students, 300 graduate students and postdoctoral scientists and 1,000 faculty and administrators. The conference offers opportunities to recruit underrepresented minority students who are pursuing advanced training in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, and provides faculty advisors with resources for facilitating students’ success. More than 280 representatives from graduate programs at top-ranked national and regional US colleges and universities, as well as federal research agencies and foundations, exhibit at ABRCMS to share information about graduate school and summer internship opportunities.
For a full list of 2010 exhibitors, visit http://www.abrcms.org/2010MainExhibitHallExhibitors.html.
Through this solicitation, the South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA program aims to: 1) promote the state’s institutions in their efforts to recruit underrepresented graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty members to South Carolina’s institutions and 2) increase the pipeline of minority students matriculating into STEM graduate programs. The SC EPSCoR/IDeA program is offering funds to support registration fees for students to attend 2011 ABRCMS (http://www.abrcms.org). According to the ABRCMS website, a recruitment team ideally includes at least three individuals:
– Graduate Dean/Admissions Director – Deans and
admissions directors provide general information about the institution and
pertinent deadlines including program requirements for summer programs and
the graduate school application process.
– Graduate Students – Graduate students share candid information
about personal experiences, particularly courses, advisers, mentor
selection, campus environment, social life, and networking opportunities.
– Research Faculty and/or Postdocs – Faculty members and/or
postdocs share information about research projects, career pathways,
professional development opportunities, and general discipline information.
Institutions currently participating in the 2009 SC NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1 award and institutions with graduate degree programs in biomedical fields are eligible to apply for student travel support to ABRCMS under this solicitation. These include Claflin University, Clemson University, the College of Charleston, Furman University, Greenville Technical College, the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina State University, the University of South Carolina, the University of South Carolina Beaufort, Voorhees College, and Winthrop University. Institutions that have graduate programs in the biomedical or behavioral sciences (Claflin, Clemson, College of Charleston, MUSC, USC and Winthrop) must be registering for an exhibitor table to be eligible for student support. Only one application from each eligible institution will be accepted in response to this solicitation.
Please see the solicitation for more specific information, proposal
guidelines, and submission processes.
Solicitation:
11-102 - ABRCMS
Support (pdf)
Effective: April 1, 2011
Application Form:
Appendix A (doc)
Budget Page:
Appendix B (doc)
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