Awards and Deadlines
The Undergraduate Research Office provides travel funding to undergraduates who are attending conferences to present their research, scholarly, or creative endeavors. Awards of up to $250 are available for virtual conferences and up to $650 for in-person conferences. Funding is available on a "first come" basis.
Eligibility
All undergraduate students at Case Western Reserve University are eligible to apply for travel assistance. Students must present their research, scholarly or creative endeavors at a virtual or in-person conference.
Commitment
Students who accept travel funding must present their work at Intersections: SOURCE Symposium & Poster Session. Intersections is scheduled for December 2023 (with an early November registration and abstract submission deadline) and in April 2024.
Travel Funding has been fully expended for this school year. The travel application will reopen in July 2024 for students traveling from July 2024 through June 2025.
A complete travel application consists of: (1) student completion of the travel application form and (2) mentor completion of the Support Form. SOURCE recommends that you send the link to the Mentor Travel Support Form to your project mentor. SOURCE typically responds to 5-7 business days after complete travel applications are submitted.
Funding Recipients
2022-2023 Recipients
Candace Tunac (Nutrition & Psychology), Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Conference, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Christine Horvat Davey, FPB Nursing School
Tyler Barrios (Communication Sciences and Disorders), AuDacity, Academy of Doctors of Audiology; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences
Melissa Phung Rojas (Biology & Cognitive Science), 12th Structural Birth Defects Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Radhika Atit, Biology
Suchita Rajan (Cognitive Science), International Conference on Behavioral Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Lingfei Luan, Cognitive Science
Jingwei Li (Biochemistry), Midwest & Great Lakes Undergraduate Research Symposium in Neuroscience (mGluRs), Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ryan Arvidson, Biochemistry
Jingwei Li (Biochemistry), ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Discover BMB; Poster Presentation; Mentor Ryan Arvidson, Biochemistry
Sarvani Nori (Human Nutrition), Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE ) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Hope Barkoukis, Nutrition
Rachel Wyetzner (Biology), Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS), Oral Presentation; Mentor: Mustafa Khokha, Yale School of Medicine
Tejaswini Haraniya (Polymer Science and Engineering), American Chemical Society Spring 2023 Conference, Poster Presentation; Valentin Rodionov, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Helen Molteni (Biochemistry), 12th Structural Birth Defects Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Radhika Atit
Megan Gregory (Biology & Dance), 12th Structural Birth Defects Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Radhika Atit
Daniel Kessler (Physics & Math), American Physical Society, Eastern Great Lakes Section, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Glenn Starkman, Physics
Amber See (Communications Sciences), American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention, Award Ceremony; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Science
Serena Wheeler (Communications Sciences), American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention, Award Ceremony; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Science
Stefani Garcia (Communication Science & Psychology), American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention, Award Ceremony; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Science
Diala Izhiman (Communication Science & Psychology), American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention, Award Ceremony; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Science
Nihal Manjila (Biology & History), American Historical Association 136th Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Jonathan Sadowsky, History
Nihal Manjila (Biology & History), American Association for the History of Medicine 96th Annual Meeting 2023, Poster Presentation: Mentor; Jonathan Sadowsky, History
Nihal Manjila (Biology & History), Harvard College National Collegiate Research Conference, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Edward Yu, Pharmacology
Johana Guci, (Biochemistry), ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Discover BMB; Mentor: Marvin Nieman, Pharmacology
Paul Seong (Biology), Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 2023 OCAFS Annual Meeting; Mentor: Ronald Oldfield
Neel Agarwal (Biochemistry & Psychology), American College of Cardiology / World Heart Federation 2023, Poster Presentation; Mentor Luke Laffin, Cleveland Clinic
Adrian Palumbo (Biochemistry), ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Discover BMB, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Tingwei Mu, Physiology and Biophysics
Mary Tang (Biochemistry), ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Discover BMB, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ryan Arvidson, Biochemistry
Claire Lee (Cognitive Science), 2023 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Fariba Rezaee, Cleveland Clinic
James Dai (Biochemistry), ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Discover BMB, Poster Presentation; Mentor:Vincent Monnier, Pathology & Biochemistry
Mirra Rasmussen (Materials Science and Engineering), 2023 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ina Martin, Physics & Materials Science
Haley Aharoni (Biochemistry), ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Discover BMB, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Thomas Gerken, Biochemistry
Sahil Patel (Computer Science), American Association of Cancer Research - Annual Meeting 2023, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Corredor Germán, Emory University, Biomedical Engineering
Riti Mital (Psychology), Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Chelsea Weyand, Akron Children's Hospital
Xinyue Li (Biochemistry), 18th Annual AACR Undergraduate Student Caucus and Poster Competition (USCPC), Poster Presentation; Mentor: Hung-Ying Kao, Biochemistry
Yangheng, Jizhe (Physics & Computer Science), American Physics Society Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor Giuseppe Strangi, Physics
Haasita Akkala, CASE AAAS in Washington, DC
Helina VanBibber (Cognitive Science), European College of Sports Science Paris 2023, Poster Presentation; Jacob Calcei, University Hospitals, Orthopedic Surgery
2021-2022 Recipients
Maria Luisa Bates Domenech (Political Science & Economics), Midwest Political Science Conference, Paper Presentation; Mentor: Greg Goelzhauser, Political Sciences Department
Nisha Busch (Neuroscience), Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Timothy Flanigan, US FDA National Center for Toxicological Research
Daniel Chen (Computer Science and Mathematics), APS March Meeting, Paper Presentation; Shuai Xu, Department of Computer and Data Science
Maize Connolly (Biochemistry), 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ryan Arvidson, Biochemistry
Hannah Dorris (Chemistry and Art History), American Institute of Conservation, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ina Martin, Materials Science and Engineering, MORE Center
Yasaswini Iyer (Chemical Biology), 2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies; Mentor: Rekha Srinivasan, Department of Chemistry
Ramona Johnson (Biology and Political Science), Midwest Political Science Association 79th Annual Conference, Paper Presentation; Mentor: Matthew Hodgetts, Political Science
Erryk Katayama (Biochemistry and Philosophy), American Association for Cancer Research, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Jordan Winter, Surgery
Theresa Lee (Communication Sciences and Psychology), American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association Convention 2021, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences Department
Jessie Lin (Communication Sciences and Psychology), American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association Convention 2021, Presentation; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences Department
Aniya Martinez (Communication Sciences), American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association Convention 2021, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences Department
Vivian Martinez, (Communication Sciences), American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association Convention 2021, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Lauren Calandruccio, Psychological Sciences Department
Kate Okun (Physics), American Physical Society 2022 Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: John Ruhl, Physics
Sahil Patel (Computer Science), Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting 2021, Oral Presentation; Mentor: David Hormuth II, University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering - Biomedical Engineering Department
Catherine Phillips (Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism), Ohio Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Conference, Poster Presentation; Mentors: Rosa Hand and Rosanna Watowicz, Department of Nutrition
Phillip Popp (Mathematics and Physics), American Physical Society March Meeting, Paper Presentation; Mentor: Walter Lambrecht, Physics
Rachel Theisen (Biochemistry), 2022 ASBMB Annual Meeting, Poster Presentation; Mentor: Ryan Arvidson, Biochemistry
Jeremiah Ukwela (Biomedical Engineering), Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Paper Presentation; Mentor: Steve Majerus, Biomedical Engineering