CMTM FY25 Trainee Conference Grants

We are pleased to announce the inaugural Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology trainee conference grants program, in collaboration with the Graduate Training Program in Biological Feedback Control.

The CMTM conference grants are intended to provide current students and postdoctoral associates with funding to attend one professional conference in their research field during the 24-25 academic year.

Funds may be used to support conference fees, travel, accommodations, and/or poster printing fees.  Applicants may request up to $1,000 total award amount with a start date of November 1, 2024, and all funds must be expended by July 1, 2025.  The Center expects to award up to four conference grants total for the 2025 fiscal year, one if which will be reserved for Biological Feedback Control trainees only.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and are due no later than Friday, November 1, 2024.  Submission instructions can be found below.


Instructions for Submitting Proposals

We invite current undergraduate, M.S. and Ph.D. students and postdoctoral associates currently affiliated with CMTM or the Graduate Training Program in Biological Feedback Control to submit proposals to the trainee conference grant program.

Proposals are due no later than November 1, 2024, and should be submitted via email to mechanobiology@bu.edu.  Proposals must consist of a Word or PDF file that includes:

  • Student name and lab
  • Name of professional conference
  • Conference dates and location
  • Statement of objectives for attending conference (not to exceed 300 words), including brief abstract of poster/other proposed presentations, committee or panel participation, etc.

Proposals will be reviewed by CMTM faculty and staff and will be chosen based on technical merit, clarity of information communicated, and innovation of topic as related to mechanobiology or biological feedback control.  Applicants will be notified of the panels’ decision on a rolling basis, no later than November 22, 2024.

Boston University has a long-standing commitment to the recruitment, advancement, and support of a diverse community of faculty, staff, and students in all of its educational and research programs and practices.  Students and postdoctoral associates from historically underrepresented groups in STEM, including women and first-generation students, are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract.