Enhancing scholarship and collaboration through attendance at a scientific meeting
Enhancing scholarship and collaboration through attendance at a scientific meeting
Academic Year:
2014 - 2015 (June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015)
Funding Requested:
$2,000.00
Project Dates:
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Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
I am requesting funds for travel to a scientific meeting (San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium) in December of 2014. This is one of the largest scientific meetings devoted only to breast cancer research and is attended by breast cancer researchers from around the world. Attendance at this meeting will highly impact my development as a breast cancer researcher. Practice changing study results are often presented at this meeting. In addition, there are seminars and lectures providing a general review of basic science, translational science, and clinical topics. Moreover, there is always an opportunity to foster collaborations with academic researchers and industry. Since my outside collaborators will be attending the meeting, it would provide me with a face-to-face time to follow-up on various scientific collaborative projects with others from outside institutions. Attendance at this meeting will not only enhance my breast cancer research endeavor and career but also will allow for professional networking in the field.