Biology Graduate Student Travel Award Application

Your Name:*

First Last

Your Email:*

Degree Program:*

MS
PhD

Department/Program:*

Example: MCBB, Biology - CM, EBE/Marine, Neuro, GPN, Bioinformatics, etc.

Did you receive a Biology Grad Student travel award in Spring 2026?*

If so, you are not eligible to receive an award in fall 2026.

No
Yes

To be eligible for this award you must currently be one of the following:*

A Biology graduate student in the Cell & Molecular Biology group; the Neurobiology group; or the Ecology, Behavior & Evolution group
A non-Biology graduate student working in a Biology Lab

Semester & Year of Program Entry:

Example: Fall 2013

Qualifying Exam Date:

Date of Last Committee Meeting:

To be eligible for a travel award you need to have had a committee meeting within the last year. This requirement is waived for first and second year students.

Date of Next Committee Meeting:

To be eligible for a travel award you need to have had a committee meeting within the last year. This requirement is waived for first and second year students.

Faculty Advisor's Name:*

First Last

Faculty Advisor's Email:*

Co-Advisor's Name:

If co-advised, please list additional advisor here.

First Last

Co-Advisor's Email:

If co-advised, please include additional advisor's email here.

Conference Information

Title of Conference:*

Dates:*

Location:*

Conference website:

Have you already been accepted to the conference?*

Yes
No

In which of the following ways will you participate in the conference?*

Presenting a talk
Presenting a poster
Other

Other:

Please list itemized expenses or your best estimate of itemized expenses that you will incur during the conference participation below.

Conference Registration:*

Travel:*

Please specify type of travel: air, train, car, etc.

Accommodation:*

Food:*

Other:

Total Cost:*

Funding

Is funding for conference travel available from your advisor?*

Yes
No

Please list alternative sources of support for conference travel to which you have applied or intend to apply below:*

Name of source, have you applied/intent to apply, amount requested, amount awarded, etc.

Title & Abstract

Title of presentation

Abstract of presentation*

If you have not submitted an abstract, write a summary of the research to be presented.

Macchi Award

Would you like to be considered for the Macchi Award?*

This award provides additional support to be used to attend a conference for candidates who have completed the qualifying exam in the fields of endrocinology and/or regulatory biology.

Yes
No

Please provide a brief statement about how the Macchi Award will further your degree progress and benefit your career aspirations.*

Please upload your curriculum vitae:*

Max. file size: 100 MB.

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To submit your travel award application, click the "Submit & Send to Faculty Advisor for Approval" button below. A copy of your submitted application will be sent to the email that you provided for yourself within the form as well as to your advisor(s) for approval and comments before it goes to the faculty committee for review. Please make sure everything in your application is correct. You will not be able to make additional changes to the application once you click the submit button below.

Biology Graduate Student Travel Award Application

Fall 2026 Travel Awards are due Monday, October 5

Conference Information

Funding

Title & Abstract

Macchi Award

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