Awards

About the Student Diversity Travel Award

The SIMB Student Diversity Travel Award has been established to promote diversity and increase the participation of underrepresented minority groups in the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) among graduate students presenting at the International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era. Recipients of this award must be:

• A U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• A female and/or an underrepresented minority (American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic, or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander)
• A current graduate student or a graduate student at the time the abstract was submitted
• The presenting author of an abstract accepted for presentation (poster or oral session) at the International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era.

Each winner receives a certificate, $500 to help cover travel to the meeting, and a one-year student membership in SIMB. The President of SIMB will present the awards at the meeting banquet, and the winners will be recognized at the Diversity Session. Attendance at the International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era is required for receiving this award. Should an awardee be unable to attend, the award will be presented to an alternate previously identified by the committee who also meets the criteria. Award winners are not eligible to apply for this award again.