The Young Scientist Seminars (YSS) is a video series produced by iBiology that features early-career scientists giving talks about their research and discoveries. Researchers and scientists who want to improve their research talks are welcome to apply 16 December 16, 2019.
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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