The CMB Travel Award is available throughout the year, and students may apply at any time. This award will cover up to $500 in expenses.
Eligibility:
- Current CMB Students who present a poster or talk at a scientific conference or will travel to another lab to collaborate or learn new technique
- Students are eligible to receive the award every other year
The Travel Award application consists of a cover sheet, an abstract, and a statement from the student’s Thesis Advisor confirming travel plans and supporting the application. Once the application is submitted, the Travel Awards Committee will review the application within two weeks of receiving all application materials.
More details are included on the Travel Award Form.
Research travel grants for $600-$1500 are also available through the Graduate School.
2023-2024 Travel Awardees
Janna Bashar, Class of 2018, Miriam Shelef Lab
CMB Travel Award- American College of Rheumatology Annual Convergence 2023, San Diego, California
Annemarie Branks, Class of 2021, Melissa Harrison Lab
CMB Travel Award-The Allied Genetics Conference, Washington D.C.
Shalini Chakraborty, Class of 2019, Mary Halloran Lab
CMB Travel Award- Cell Biology Conference 2023, Boston, Massachusetts
Dominic Chomchai, Class of 2020, William Bement Lab
CMB Travel Award- Cell Biology Conference 2023, Boston, Massachusetts
Beatrice Diep, Class of 2022, Kinjal Majumder Lab
CMB Travel Award- American Society for Virology, Columbus, Ohio
Alex Fister, Class of 2020, Anna Huttenlocher Lab
CMB Travel Award-The 18th International Zebrafish Conference, Kyoto, Japan
Lila Hoachlander-Hobby, Class of 2021, William Bement Lab
CMB Travel Award- Cell Biology Conference 2023, Boston, Massachusetts
Annie Huang, Class of 2021, Merrins Lab
CMB Travel Award- American Diabetes Association’s 84th Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL
Jeong Hyo Lee, Class of 2021, Vincent Cryns & Richard Anderson Lab
CMB Travel Award- MOGAM-Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP) Symposium, Parsippany, New Jersey
Jorgo Lika, Class of 2020, Jing Fan Lab
CMB Travel Award- Gordon Research Conference- Immunometabolism in Health and Disease, Smithfield, Rhode Island
Jacob Khoussine, Class of 2020, Mrinalini Hoon Lab
CMB Travel Award- ARVO 2024, Seattle, Washington
Rachel Kocik, Class of 2019, Audrey Gasch Lab
CMB Travel Award- The Allied Genetics Conference, Washington D.C.
Grant Nickles, Class of 2020, Nancy Keller Lab
CMB Travel Award- Fungal Genetics Conference, Monterey Bay, CA
Abhilash Sawant, Class of 2017, Mrinalini Hoon Lab
CMB Travel Award- Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2023, Washington, D.C.
Zhouyuan Shen, Class of 2018, Mark Burkard Lab
CMB Travel Award- Cell Biology Conference 2023, Boston, Massachusetts
UW-Madison Student Research Grants Competition (SRGC) Award, Madison, WI
Adenine Si Koo, Class of 2021, Randal Tibbetts Lab
CMB Travel Award- Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
Ajay Singh, Class of 2020, John-Paul Yu Lab
CMB Travel Award- 2024 Annual Society of Biological Psychiatry, Austin, TX
Kevin Swift, Class of 2019, Anjon Audhya Lab
CMB Travel Award- Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Conference, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Monnette Villarreal, Class of 2022, Kinjal Majumder Lab
CMB Travel Award- American Society for Virology, Columbus, Ohio
Emily Wessel, Class of 2019, Drummond-Barbosa Lab
CMB Travel Award- Allied Genetics Conference 2024, Washington, D.C.
Nicole West, Class of 2020, Anita Bhattacharyya Lab
CMB Travel Award- Trisomy 21 Research Society International Conference (T21RS), Rome, Italy