PhD Student and Lecturer at Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria
Presenting at Data for Policy 2017: Government by Algorithm? in London, UK in Sep 2017
"I want to solve problems. I grew up in Nigeria, a developing country full of challenges. I believe that scientific solutions will help in the growth and development of the country."
PhD student at Harvard University, USA
Speaking at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Anaheim, USA in Nov 2017
"I always find there's a lot of opportunities to match faces to names I've read, and I find it really helpful to know the people behind the research."
PhD Student at Monash University, Australia
Speaking at the 7th Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference in Adelaide, Australia in Nov 2017
"Being at the forefront of new medical technologies is really exciting, as is working with people that are genuinely passionate about advancing the field of medicine."
Graduate Research Assistant at Kansas State University, USA
Presenting at the 58th Psychonomic Society Conference in Vancouver, Canada in Nov 2017
"I am a psychologist because I think we owe it to ourselves to understand as much as possible about ourselves."
PhD Student at the California Institute of Technology, USA
Speaking at The Role of Gas in Galaxy Dynamics Conference in Valletta, Malta in Oct 2017
"I think I’m a scientist because I never stopped building things."
Sparrho, the global scientific discovery platform, is offering grants of £500 for PhD students and postdocs in any field of science and engineering, at any institute, to attend an academic conference of their choice in the coming 12 months.
Apply now for £500 funding for your 2017-2018 conference travel from Sparrho.
and more...
Sparrho partners with conferences around the world to guarantee at least one recipient of the Researcher Prize from their registered attendees.
Apply now to suggest your target conference to Sparrho's Partnerships team.
Application forms are reviewed on a rolling basis, and at least one winner will be announced every month.
Email Sybil (sybil@sparrho.com) if you have any questions.
Submit your application by 30 September 2017 to be in the running for the October 2017 Prizes.
Your submitted application becomes the starting point of your very own Sparrho pinboard for you to showcase your scientific interests and expertise.
Here's a Sparrho pinboard curated by Mark Docherty, PhD student at the University of Glasgow:
Applicants from around the world proud to show off their good work:
So proud of my PhD student @SofiaRB_88 @UNSWnews for being shortlisted for the @sparrho early career researcher prize for her work on #HCV!
— Jason Grebely (@jasongrebely) June 23, 2017
The Clusters Hiding in Plain Sight (CHiPS) Survey
— Taweewat Somboonpany (@leogulus) June 15, 2017
https://t.co/jtrHmUzEDl via @sparrho
Lecturer at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Speaking at the 4th International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity in Berlin, Germany in Sep 2017
"Keep an open mind and try to learn from each speaker at the conference, as they must be as passionate about their area of research as you are about yours."
PhD student at the California Institute of Technology, USA
Speaking at the 232nd American Astronomical Society Meeting in Denver, USA in Jun 2018
"My research aims to use pulsars as probes of the most extreme physics in the universe."
Postdoctoral researcher at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK
Speaking at the International Conference on the Origin of Life in San Diego, USA in Jul 2017
"My research is to study how the 'chemical ingredients' present on the early Earth gave rise to the building blocks of modern biology."
Research fellow at Monash University, Australia
Speaking at Spec 2018 in Glasgow, UK in Jun 2018
"Go there and feel the joy of meeting people as enthusiastic as you are! And do not panic if your research is challenged by your friends, it is part of the science game."
PhD Student at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich, Germany
Presenting at the 11th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology in Granada, Spain in Feb 2018
"For life beyond science it is simply fun to discover different cultures, customs and of course, new friends."
Postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University, USA
Presenting at the Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation, and Related Diseases Conference in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in Oct 2017
"Attending a conference? Begin with a simple goal to learn three things, ask three questions and meet three people."
Postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Wurzburg, Germany
Speaking at Inverse Problems, Modelling and Simulations in Malta in May 2018
"Ultimately, science is about collaboration and sharing ideas. No great discovery comes in isolation."
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at National Jewish Health, USA
Presenting at the Mucosal Immunology Symposium in Washington D.C., USA in Jul 2017
"Take the opportunity to branch out a little bit and attend a few sessions that are outside of your current research topic or interests."
PhD student at the University of Cambridge, UK
Presenting at the Moscow Conference on Computational Molecular Biology in Moscow, Russia in Jul 2017
"For me personally conferences are all about meeting people. It is a chance to meet people doing closely related work and discuss the nitty-gritty details that don’t usually make it into the publications."
Postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford School of Medicine, USA
Speaking at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology in Palm Springs, USA in Dec 2017
"The same way that we engage in physical exercise to prevent heart attacks, we can identify and disseminate experiential exercises to prevent anxiety or panic attacks."
PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, UK
Presenting at 18th Tetrahedron Symposium: New Developments in Organic Chemistry in Hungary in Jun 2017
"We must attempt to reduce the economic and environmental costs associated with producing organic substances: our medicines, agrochemicals and high-tech materials."
PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, UK
Presenting at the International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting in Boston, USA in Jun 2017
"A few minutes around a poster can bring more insight and fresh ideas to one’s work than hours reading academic journals and combing through data."
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre of Excitonics at MIT, USA
Attending DNA23 in Austin, USA in Sep 2017
"My research aims to provide a fundamental understanding of how we can control excitons, which are energy mediators formed in organic materials upon light excitation."
PhD student at the University of New South Wales, Australia
Speaking at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston, USA in Mar 2018
"My research has the ability to revolutionise the way that we carry out surveillance of infectious diseases, allowing us to develop new systems to predict who will get sick before it happens!"
Masters student at the Machine Learning Lab at Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Presenting at the International Conference on Machine Learning in Sydney, Australia in Aug 2017
"Conferences lead to collaboration and an exchange of ideas and knowledge that move the field forward."
PhD student at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Presenting at Goldschmidt 2017 in Paris, France in Aug 2017
"My research provides pieces to the puzzle of how a planet transitions from a hot body of molten rock to a place where life can proliferate."
Research assistant at the International Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Structural Analysis (HSE)
Presenting at Digital Health 2017 in London, UK in Jul 2017
"Academic conferences provide a rare opportunity for postdoc and graduate students to shape their ideas beyond the typical supervisor-supervisee interactions"