scholarly journals Providing grants to attend scientific meetings

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 44
Keyword(s):  
University College ◽  
Travel Grant ◽  
Scientific Meetings ◽  
American Society ◽  
American Society For Microbiology ◽  
Mary Kelly

Mary Kelly, from the Department of Biochemistry at University College Dublin, travelled, with the help of a £750 travel grant from the Society, to the 6th American Society for Microbiology Conference on Candida and Candidiasis in Tampa, FL, USA. Mary spent 5 days in the company of “some of the leading academic and clinical researchers in the field”. She said: “The experience has been priceless. The feedback I received after my presentation is invaluable.”

scholarly journals Providing grants to attend scientific meetings

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 44
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Travel Grant ◽  
Scientific Meetings ◽  
American Society ◽  
Poster Presentations

The 50th ‘American Society for Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics’ conference was held on 2–6 June in Orlando, Florida. The conference comprised of plenary sessions, oral and poster presentations, as well as exhibits and tutorials. With the aid of a Biochemical Society Travel Grant, Joanne Connelly went along and presented a poster.

scholarly journals Providing grants to attend scientific meetings

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 54
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
37Th Annual Meeting ◽  
Travel Grant ◽  
Scientific Meetings ◽  
American Society ◽  
Biomedical Research Institute ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Institute

Rosemary Bland, of the Biomedical Research Institute at the University of Warwick, used a Biochemical Society Travel Grant to go to St Louis, MO, for the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Nephrology (ASN).

scholarly journals Achieving Speaker Gender Equity at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting

mBio ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arturo Casadevall
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Program Committee ◽  
Female Representation ◽  
Academic Advancement ◽  
Scientific Meetings ◽  
American Society ◽  
American Society For Microbiology ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Oral Presentations

ABSTRACT In 2015, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting essentially achieved gender equity, with 48.5% of the oral presentations being given by women. The mechanisms associated with increased female participation were (i) making the Program Committee aware of gender statistics, (ii) increasing female representation among session convener teams, and (iii) direct instruction to try to avoid all-male sessions. The experience with the ASM General Meeting shows that it is possible to increase the participation of female speakers in a relatively short time and suggests concrete steps that may be taken to achieve this at other meetings. IMPORTANCE Public speaking is very important for academic advancement in science. Historically women have been underrepresented as speakers in many scientific meetings. This article describes concrete steps that were associated with achieving gender equity at a major meeting.

scholarly journals The Presence of Female Conveners Correlates with a Higher Proportion of Female Speakers at Scientific Symposia

mBio ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arturo Casadevall ◽  
Jo Handelsman
Keyword(s):  
Gender Distribution ◽  
Scientific Careers ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
Academic Advancement ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Scientific Meetings ◽  
American Society ◽  
American Society For Microbiology

ABSTRACT We investigated the hypothesis that the gender of conveners at scientific meetings influenced the gender distribution of invited speakers. Analysis of 460 symposia involving 1,845 speakers in two large meetings sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology revealed that having at least one woman member of the convening team correlated with a significantly higher proportion of invited female speakers and reduced the likelihood of an all-male symposium roster. Our results suggest that inclusion of more women as conveners may increase the proportion of women among invited speakers at scientific meetings. IMPORTANCE The proportion of women entering scientific careers has increased substantially, but women remain underrepresented in academic ranks. Participation in meetings as a speaker is a factor of great importance for academic advancement. We found that having a woman as a convener greatly increased women’s participation in symposia, suggesting that one mechanism for achieving gender balance at scientific meetings is to involve more women as conveners.

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