MCS Graduate Student Conference Funding Spring Award Winners Announced
Heidi Opdyke
- Associate Dean of Marketing and Communications, MCS
- Email opdyke@andrew.cmu.edu
- Phone 412-268-9982
Four winners have received the Mellon College of Science Graduate Student Funding Award for spring conferences.
Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs Dejan Slep膷ev and Director of MCS Graduate Affairs Gwen Stanczak announced the spring recipients. This round's winners include the following students and the meetings they plan to attend:
- Avleen Kaur Chawla, a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry 鈥� gROUNDbreaking approaches for advancing circRNA research: detection, function, therapeutics
- Elianna Lai, a Ph.D. candidate in Biological Sciences 鈥� the Immunology 2025 Conference
- Pratyush Madapuji Ravi, a Ph.D. candidate in Biological Sciences 鈥攖he European Meeting on the Molecular Biology of the Pneumococcus
- Alissa Rzepski, a Ph.D. candidate in Biological Sciences 鈥� the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting
The award offers students up to $500 in supplemental funding for travel, prioritizing applicants who have secured other sources of funding.
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Graduate students are encouraged to apply to future rounds of the Graduate Student Conference Funding Award. Applications for conferences taking place in July, August & September. Completed applications will be accepted June 15, 2025.
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For more information and to apply for the award, students can visit the award website.
