Winners of the 2020 Young Scientist Seminars will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the University of California, San Francisco (late Spring 2020, exact dates TBD), where they will attend a multi-day science communication workshop led by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, in collaboration with iBiology. During the workshop, they will make improvements to their 30-minute research talks.
At the end of the workshop week, winners will record their improved 30-minute research talks in iBiology’s green screen studio.
This is a unique opportunity for early-career scientists to develop their communication skills and showcase their work!
Main criteria
- U.S. and international pre-doctoral graduate students (i.e. PhD candidates) and post-doctoral fellows in any field of the biological sciences are eligible to apply.
Although you are not required to be a PhD candidate to be eligible for the competition, your research story should be close to publication or have been recently published.
Each application must include:
- A short statement (3000 characters maximum, including spaces) explaining why you (the applicant) are applying to the YSS competition and how you would benefit from participating.
- A 2-page CV or resume that highlights: research experience, scientific presentation experience and awards, and science communication, outreach or education activities.
- A short written description (3000 characters maximum, including spaces) of the scientific discovery that you (the applicant) would like to share on camera and its importance, for a non-expert but the scientific audience (e.g. undergraduate students in the biological sciences). You DO NOT need to submit a video for this.
Find out more about 2020 Young Scientist Seminars.
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