YSER Research Presentation Travel Prize

Regional and national professional meetings provide an unparalleled opportunity for the dissemination and critical analysis of scientific discoveries. As active participants in original research, many Yale undergraduates obtain publishable results suitable for presentation in platform talks or in poster sessions. For such students, the chance to present those results at a professional meeting provides a tremendous opportunity to obtain critical feedback and perspective from scientists outside of the Yale community and to begin to develop scientific communication skills that will serve them throughout their careers.

YSER Research Presentation Travel awards are designed to provide the financial support to allow undergraduate students to present their publishable original research in platform talks or poster sessions at regional and national professional meetings.

Biomedical Engineering major Gautam Bahl '01 presents results of his work on cardiac ultrasound image processing at the July 2000 Beckman Scholars Symposium in Irvine, California.

YSER Research Presentation Travel Prize Eligibility and Application

Eligible meetings are any regional or national professional meetings. Students must be presenting their own original research, either in a platform session or as the presenting author (normally the first author) on a poster presentation. Preference is given to students presenting work performed under the supervision of a Yale faculty member and to students who have not previously received an award. Students are eligible for reimbursement of up to $800 in actual receipted expenses, including meeting registration, travel and accommodations, in accordance with University travel policies. Travel must normally be completed prior to a student's graduation.

Applications may be considered at any time. A pre-application should normally be made at the time of application to the professional meeting. Students should secure any available meeting-provided travel support before Research Presentation Travel Prize funding will be applied toward additional expenses. Applications should be sent to: YSER Research Presentation Travel Prize c/o William Segraves, Yale College Dean's Office, SSS 24.

Applications should include the following:

1) A brief description of the research to be presented, and how attendance at the meeting will promote the applicant's professional development.

2) A copy of the meeting description and application.

3) A copy of the applicant's resume and transcript.

4) A sealed, confidential evaluation from the faculty mentor, including evaluation of the suitability of the student's research for presentation, the nature of the student's contribution to the work to be presented, and the student's motivation for professional development.

Notification of pre-approval of travel for funding shall be made as expeditiously as possible, so as to facilitate advance planning for travel. At the conclusion of the meeting, the applicant should submit all reimbursable expenses using standard University travel requisitions, along with an abstract of the research presented.

Funding for the YSER Research Presentation Travel Prize has been provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Yale College Dean's Office.

modified 10/07/09