Young Scholars Program (YSP)

Young Scholar Ideation Event

Please join us for the 2024 Young Scholar Ideation Event on

Monday, October 7, 2024

1:00-5:00 p.m.

J.C. Raulston Arboretum

Ruby C. McSwain Education Center — York Auditorium

Must have a research summary poster in both PDF and hard copy to attend. Posters should be 24×36″ with a portrait orientation. Poster templates & examples are available at the link below. Full instructions are available at the registration link below. Registration & poster upload deadline is Wednesday, October 2nd by EOD.

Poster Templates

Program Summary

Once a year, the CMI invites its Associate Members to submit collaborative interdisciplinary research proposals. Selected Associate Members will be named CMI Young Scholars and will serve as mentors for an undergraduate student in Spring/Summer.

To facilitate the collaborative proposal development process, an annual networking event is held to allow students to mingle and brainstorm new interdisciplinary project ideas. Students gather to share research interests and network with other graduate students and postdocs. Those whose interests are aligned can form a team to submit a proposal for the Young Scholar Award.

Proposal Team Requirements: Team are comprised of two or more graduate students/postdocs from different disciplines. Their faculty PIs must approve their participation, and at least one of the faculty must be CMI full members from different CMI research focus areas (see below). The team must select one faculty PI to serve as the lead for the purpose of funding distribution. Associate CMI members serve as links between labs to facilitate the participation of non-CMI members. Proposals across CMI research programs are encouraged.

The research teams will be awarded $9000 ($4400 for an undergraduate stipend and $3600 in supply money to support their research, as well as an additional $1000 to be divided between the graduate mentors and used to support their research in any way they choose in coordination with their departments).

Selected Young Scholars’s projects will be posted on CURiOuS for undergraduate students to apply to. YSP students interview undergraduate applicants and select the undergraduate SIRI student who best fits their project. The SIRI student works with and is mentored by the YSP team for the duration of the project, which starts in the Spring semester and continue through the Summer.

Proposal Formatting Requirements

Proposal should be 1.5 pages in length. Page 1 should be an NIH-style aims page (see instructions and examples) and the second 1/2 page should be a plan for undergraduate mentoring and a 1-paragraph summary of the project for undergraduate applicants to be posted on CURiOuS. Arial 11pt font and 0.75” margins. References are not included in page length.

Proposal Form

Research Project Priority Areas

2024-2025 Timeline

October 7th, 2024 1:00-5:00 p.m. – Young Scholar Program Ideation Event (JC Raulston Arboretum)

October 22, 2024 – YSP Project applications due by midnight

November 1, 2024 – YSP winners announced. SIRI projects posted on CURiOuS for undergraduate students to apply.

November 12, 2024 – SIRI application deadline.

November 13-19, 2024 – SIRI Interviews.

November 20, 2024 – Final decisions on SIRI students due.

Example Projects:

Piezoelectric stimulation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes on CNT-based electroconductive scaffolds
Local delivery of immunotherapeutics utilizing self-assembling associative chitosan systems with tunable, controlled release kinetics
Elucidating the structural synaptic alterations in the prelimbic cortext of a mouse model of atopic dermatitis with features of a chronic pain and depression comorbidity
Determining the impact of post-injury probiotic treatment on the intestinal microbiota and epithelial recovery in a pig surgical model of necrotizing enterocolitis

Contact

CMI Executive Assistant

Valerie Baker compmedinst@ncsu.edu

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