Student Awards
The Student Conference Award is available for registered postgraduate students to attend and present a paper at the 31st ISCB Meeting in Montpellier, France, during 29 August–2 September 2010. Three awards will be made. Selection will be made based on an abstract and a summary of a paper to be presented, which should illustrate the application of statistical methodology to clinical or epidemiological research. Results of particular studies are of interest only if the analysis has methodological implications or shows a novel and interesting application of biostatistics. Applications should be sent to: Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
600 Highland Ave, Bx 4675
Madison, WI 57392
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (608) 265-6380
FAX: +1 (608) 265-5579
Email:
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The closing date for application is 15 March 2010. |
Procedures for Selection of Student Conference Award Winners
a) Any student registered for a postgraduate degree is eligible to apply for an ISCB Student Conference Award, provided s/he has not been the winner of a previous ISCB Student Conference Award. Only one application per student is accepted.
| b) Application must relate to original work that has not yet been published, is not the subject of any other award, and is predominantly the student's own work. Acceptable topics encompass all areas of biostatistics, both methodological and applied. However, results of particular studies are of interest only if the analysis has methodological implications or shows a novel and interesting application of biostatistics to clinical or epidemiological research.
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Applications should consist of the following :
| | | | a) A short abstract of a paper prepared according to the ISCB standard conference format | | | b) A summary of a paper of no more that 3 double-spaced pages of 12-point text with a maximum of three figures or tables on additional pages
| | | | c) A letter from the student's supervisor, on official letterhead of the student's institution, confirming that the student is registered for a postgraduate degree, and that the paper to be presented is original, neither previously published nor the subject of any other award, and is predominantly the student's own work. If the manuscript is co-authored, this letter should also include an indication of the level of involvement of the various authors. | | | | Applications should be received by the Chair of the SCA Subcommittee by the designated submission due date. Any applications submitted after the due date or incomplete applications will not be considered. The items in (a) and (b) should be submitted in a PDF format to the email address given above as attachment. The letter from the student's supervisor described in (c) should also be submitted in a PDF format to the SCA Subcommittee Chair as email attachment |
a) Applications will be judged by the SCA Subcommittee, and applicants will be notified of the results as soon as possible, usually within six weeks of the application submission due date. Evaluation of applications will concern the quality of the research described and its relevance to the application of statistics to clinical and epidemiological research. The presentation of the application materials in a summary and the interest of the work to the ISCB members will be taken into consideration. The decisions made by the Subcommittee will be final.
| | | | b) In selecting papers for the Student Conference Award, each member of the SCA Subcommittee will independently grade each paper submitted. In the case of ties in total grades, the Subcommittee will make the final selection through discussion. | | | | c) Members of the SCA Subcommittee must declare a conflict of interest in submissions from students with whom they have had substantial contact. Such contact certainly includes students supervised by or in the same department as Subcommittee members and may also include professional contact with the project as well as family links. The Subcommittee member with a conflict of interest in the submission will not grade it, other grades being scaled accordingly, and will not participate in discussions of that submission. | | | d) Applicants must be able to travel to the meeting and present their work to be selected Student Conference Award winners.
| | | e) The Society intends to make three awards. However, depending on the quality of applications, the SCA Subcommittee may choose to make more or fewer awards, or even none at all, subject to the approval of the ISCB President.
| | | | f) Applications not selected for the Student Conference Award will be automatically considered for selection for an oral presentation at a Contributed Paper session or a poster presentation by the Program Committee unless the applicant indicates that they do not wish to have their submission considered further. |
a) The SCA winners will have their papers scheduled in appropriate Contributed Paper Sessions. Their status as the SCA winner will be indicated in the Conference Programme, the SCA certificates will be given to the SCA winners at the Conference Dinner.
| | | | b) The ISCB will waive the registration fee and the fee for the Conference Dinner for the SCA winners, and will pre-pay their hotel accommodation. The ISCB will not pay for any excursions for the SCA winners. Normally, it is expected that students will pay for travel, insurance and meals, which expenses will be reimbursed by ISCB, on the basis of appropriate receipts. A fixed per-diem to cover meals will be paid. Full travel costs will be reimbursed, provided that these are incurred economically. Thus full advantage of Apex fares, student discounts and so on should be taken. Adequate insurance cover should be arranged, and will be reimbursed. | | | c) On being selected, a student must submit a travel budget to the SCA Subcommittee Chair for approval. If it proves more economical to make a longer visit in order to secure bargain fares, the cost of extra accommodation and meals will be borne by the ISCB. Once a budget is approved, additional travel costs will be reimbursed only if a convincing case is made of their necessity.
| | | | d) In the case of hardship, advance payments may be considered. If an SCA winner has to cancel the trip to attend the Annual Conference for legitimate reasons, the ISCB will consider reimbursement of the costs incurred other than those recoverable from insurance. | | |
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Student Awards
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