"You Choose" Awards

"You Choose" award winners for 2011
will be announced January 25th.

Each year, the SEEDS "You Choose" program plans to make up to six awards of up to $2,500 each (plus variable cost share to be arranged by applicant). The type of award is not prespecified: applicants may for instance seek support to attend a leadership or scientific conference, visit another lab to establish a collaboration, bring in a speaker or collaborator, mount a career skills event, or fund personal research or publication, course buy-out, etc. The activity is up to the applicant: You Choose!

 

You Choose Leadership Award Winners, 2010

	Andrew Baker, RSMAS, for his application to organize a one-day communications workshop to teach ocean scientists effective methods for communicating their research to policymakers, the pubic and the media. Download his winning proposal.pdf
	Wen-Hsiang Lee, Miller School of Medicine, for her application to host educational forums aimed at navigating the promotions and tenure process. Each forum will consist of presentations by members of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, a panel discussion, a networking event and a follow-up evaluation. Download her winning proposal.
	Villy Kourafalou, RSMAS, for her application to participate as a leader in the international science team meeting for global ocean data assimilation and experiment OceanView. Download her winning proposal.
	Laura Bianchi, Miller School of Medicine, for her application to bring prominent women in Physiology and Biophysics to UM, to give research seminars and engage in mentoring. Download her winning proposal.
	Paula Monje, Miller School of Medicine, for her application to enhance mentoring interactions by bringining in Dr, Ellen Daniell, Author of "Every Other Thursday", which describes how a group of women interacting over several years helped each other become highly successful scientists and other professionals. She will lead a workshop, open to the entire UM community, to discuss the concept and benefits of having a group help resolve career-related issues. In her words, success is "not about going it alone." Download her winning proposal.
		Blythe Nobleman, Office of English Composition and Helena Solo-Gabriele, College of Engineering, for their application to organize a one-day writing workshop led by Judith Swan of Princeton, that will be particularly focused on effective writing for faculty and postdoctoral associates as well as for writing mentors. Download their winning proposal.

 

You Choose Award Winners, 2009
Click here to read about the winners of the previous year's competition, and download their winning proposals.