2023 Maize Genetics Meeting Financial Aid:
MaGNET/PUI/DB financial aid applicants:
If you apply for a financial aid award then please do not register for the meeting until after you receive notification about whether your application was accepted or not. All awardees will receive a discount code that will waive the registration fee when they do register.
There are five types of financial aid for the 65th Annual Maize Genetics Meeting:
1) MaGNET:
Application deadline is December 15th, 2022!
The MaGNET Awards program will provide competitive support for attendance at the Meeting, for members of underrepresented groups, as well as for faculty mentors accompanying eligible students. We will accept MaGNET applications from November 15th to December 15th.
MaGNET Awards will cover the cost of registration for the conference. The awardee will be paired with an experienced Maize Mentor, who will help the awardee navigate the conference. During the conference, MaGNET awardees will have opportunities to interact with peers, invited speakers, and will be welcomed by the maize community.
Eligible applicants include: undergraduate students; graduate students; postdoctoral researchers; and early-career faculty and scientists. Applicants must be either citizens or permanent residents of the USA; or employed at a U.S. institution, and should belong to a group traditionally underrepresented in science. First-time conference attendees are encouraged to apply.
2) Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI)
Application deadline is December 15th, 2022!
The PUI award will provide support to attend the Maize Genetics Meeting. We will accept PUI applications from November 15th to December 15th.
This program seeks to recruit and retain scientists from Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) into the maize research community by encouraging their attendance at the annual Maize Genetics Meeting. The program provides an opportunity for awardees to learn about maize genetics through connecting with scientists in the maize genetics community, explore potential collaborations, and develop career contacts.
Eligible applicants include: undergraduate students currently enrolled at a PUI and PUI faculty. Applicants must be either citizens or permanent residents of the USA; or employed at a U.S. institution. First-time conference attendees are encouraged to apply.
3) Disciplinary Breadth (DB)
Application deadline is December 15th, 2022!
The DB award will provide support for researchers in plant-related disciplines to attend the Maize Genetics Meeting. We will accept DB applications from November 15th to December 15th.
This program seeks to recruit and retain scientists (advanced graduate students, post-docs, and early-career faculty) from plant-related disciplines into the maize research community by encouraging their attendance at the annual Maize Genetics Meeting. The program provides an opportunity for researchers from diverse disciplines that have potential to enrich the maize community to learn about maize genetics by connecting with scientists in the maize genetics community, explore potential collaborations, and develop career contacts.
Eligible applicants include: researchers (including graduate students, post-docs, and early-career faculty) from a plant-related discipline and undergraduates, graduate students, and post-docs from historically underrepresented groups regardless of discipline. Applicants must be either citizens or permanent residents of the USA; or employed at a U.S. institution. First-time conference attendees are encouraged to apply.
4) Broadening International Participation (BIP)
Application deadline is February 15th, 2023!
Purpose: This program seeks to promote international access to the recordings of all talks (short talks, invited speakers, etc.) made at the 2023 Maize Genetics Meeting meeting (March 16-19, 2023) for researchers from countries that are historically under-represented at the Maize Meeting and/or who may face financial challenges in paying registration fees due to currency exchange rates or other factors. This 2023 award program will provide immediate digital access to recorded talks from the in-person conference for international awardees at no cost.
Eligibility: Researchers from countries that are historically under-represented at the Maize Meeting and/or who may face financial challenges in paying registration fees. Priority will be given to applicants who have demonstrated financial need.
Benefits: Awardees will have access to all recorded talks from the in-person conference.
5) Student Hotel Support:
Application deadline is January 27th, 2023!
The MGC strives to make meeting attendance accessible to students.
Each year the MGM steering committee works to raise money to support students at the conference. If fundraising efforts are successful as in previous years, then one-half of a double occupancy hotel room for each qualified student will be paid for upon check out. To qualify, students need to apply for hotel support using the link below, reserve a double occupancy room in the hotel block, register for the meeting, and pay their student registration fee by Jan. 27, 2023. The hotel room will not be paid for if the student stays at a different hotel. Students who live in the St Louis area and prefer to stay at their own homes are not required to reserve a hotel room.
In addition to student hotel support, students eligible for the other financial aid awards listed on this page are strongly encouraged to apply for them to have additional costs covered.
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