Carly Schissel wins a poster award at Peptides GRC
Congratulations to Carly Schissel (postdoc, UC Berkeley) who won a poster award for presenting her work at the 2022 Chemistry and Biology of Peptides GRC!
Congratulations to Carly Schissel (postdoc, UC Berkeley) who won a poster award for presenting her work at the 2022 Chemistry and Biology of Peptides GRC!
This is the fifth and final post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal People have mixed feelings on personal statements, but I believe it is the most important part of your application. It is the only… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Personal Statements
This is the fourth post in our series “Demystifying the GRFP.” See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Personal Statement Despite its name, the research proposal component of your GRFP application is not necessarily a definitive plan that you must follow up on… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Research Proposals
This is the third post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, General Information and Tips, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Reference letters are an important part of your GRFP application package. Alongside your personal statement and research proposal, the letter gives reviewers a… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: Letters of Recommendation
This is the second post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: Introduction, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Welcome and congratulations on deciding to apply for GRFP! Although a daunting process, I personally felt I learned a lot about grant writing and… Read More »Demystifying the GRFP: General Information and Tips
This is the first post in our Demystifying the GRFP series. See also: General Information and Tips, Letters of Recommendation, Research Proposal, Personal Statement Welcome to a new blog post series from C-GEM focused on the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP).… Read More »Introduction to “Demystifying the GRFP”
Congratulations to Meghan Pressimone (graduate student, UC Berkeley) for being awarded the Curci PhD Scholarship! This Scholarship is awarded by the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation to provide scholarships and living expenses for the first two years of a student’s PhD in the life sciences.
Yesterday, C-GEM hosted a “career chat” discussion with two faculty members at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs): Lou Charkoudian (Haverford College) and Leah Witus (Macalester College). There is great diversity among PUIs – Dr. Charkoudian and Dr. Witus both work at institutions with a strong focus… Read More »Recap: C-GEM Chats Careers with PUI Profs
Professors Mark Walker and Yi He at the University of New Mexico were awarded an inaugural Partnerships for Research and Education in Chemistry (PREC) grant by the NSF to collaborate with C-GEM. This grant will allow C-GEM to broaden participation of students served by the… Read More »UNM professors Mark Walker and Yi He awarded NSF partnership award with C-GEM
We’re excited to announce that Héctor Torres Vera has been named one of 51 2022 HHMI Gilliam Fellows! Héctor is a rising third year graduate student in the Schepartz Lab at Berkeley. In addition to their research, they are an Editor and contributor to the… Read More »Graduate student Héctor Torres Vera named 2022 HHMI Gilliam Fellow