Black in Plant Science UK Research Excellence Awards… Applications are now open!
The Black in Plant Science UK network are thrilled to announce our Research Excellence awards!
The BiPS Research Excellence Awards provide an opportunity to celebrate leading Black and Black heritage researchers across the UK plant science community.
The awards recognise the work and innovations carried out by UK early career Black researchers and raise awareness of their achievements. They also celebrate outstanding contributions to promoting the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within their research communities.
In addition to receiving an award certificate, winners are invited to attend the 34th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR 2024) held at the University of California, San Diego in California, USA from July 15-19, 2024. In collaboration with the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC), BiPS will provide award winners with free registration and cover reasonable travel and accommodation expenses. At ICAR 2024 they will have an opportunity to meet members of the NAASC Inclusivity Scholars Programme and participate in a professional development program for early career scholars and members of underrepresented groups in STEM.
Eligible nominees will be:
- Currently residing and working in UK institutions or industries
- Self-identifying as Black or Black heritage
- An Early-Career Researcher (PhD students, postdoctoral fellows or equivalent)
- Carrying out research in Plant Sciences (including but not limited to biology, physics of life, engineering, agronomy and related subjects).
- Close to completion or have completed of a research project to present at the conference
- Committed to social equity, diversity and inclusion in UK academia
- Responsible for obtaining permission of their line manager to participate in the conference.
Before applying, please click here to read the full guidance and conditions of the award. For any pre-application queries, please email blackinplantsci@gmail.com
Key Dates:
- December 2023: Open for applications
- 24 January 2024: Closing date for applications
- Last week January 2024: Invitations to interview will be sent
- Early February 2024: Interviews
- Late February 2024: Award winners announced
7th BME Early Career Researcher Hybrid Conference Black in Plant Science funded Travel Grant!
The University of Leeds is hosting the 7th BME ECR conference on the 13th July. The event is FREE and there are spaces for 120 in-person attendees and 500 online.
There will be keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, an exhibition, Q & A sessions and the fully funded, popular post-conference ‘Maximising your potential’ leadership training by Fistral Training. See the Evenbrite page for more info and to register.
Applications are now open for the Black in Plant Science UK funded travel grant for the event. We are funding two travel grants (up to £200) to cover travel costs within the UK and one night accommodation in Leeds. Deadline is the 11th June. Apply here.
My Plant Biology Story
My Plant Biology story is a new seminar series organised by the Arabidopsis community (supported by NAASC).
This new series is open to all and its mission /objective is to share out the real stories of plant biologists (focusing on speakers that are members of under-represented groups) to authentically connect with people about their real background: challenges, successes, failures, and the unique choices they’ve made in their career.
This week’s talk is by Dr. José Dinneny from Stanford University on Thursday 16th March @ 4pm GMT on Zoom. Click here to register.
