American Society of Biomechanics: Up and Comer Award Grant

The American Society of Biomechanics' Up and Comer Award aims to support and mentor post-doctoral trainees and early career faculty from underrepresented groups in biomechanics. Sponsored by the Asian American Institute for Research and Education, this award provides $1,000 for travel to meet ASB Fellows and free registration to the ASB Annual Meeting. By fostering diversity and inclusion, the award seeks to enhance the biomechanics research workforce, benefiting both awardees and the broader scientific community.

To encourage and foster the exchange of information and ideas among biomechanists working in different disciplines and fields of application, biological sciences, exercise and sports science, health sciences, ergonomics and human factors, and engineering and applied science, and to facilitate the development of biomechanics as a basic and applied science.
The new Up and Comer Award, sponsored by the Asian American Institute for Research and Education (ASIAM) along with the ASB Council of Fellows, is intended to foster mentoring and networking of post-doctoral trainees and early career faculty with ASB Fellows having similar research interests. To encourage diversity and inclusion in biomechanics, applicants should identify as being from an underrepresented group with preference given to applicants from institutions that are HBCU / minority serving.
Awardees will receive $1,000 to support travel to visit with their ASB Fellow mentor and free registration to ASB Annual Meeting. Approximately three post-doctoral and three early career faculty awards are anticipated.

Eligibility

To be eligible, an applicant must be a member of ASB and identify as being from any group that has been historically disadvantaged or under-represented in research disciplines.Eligibility is based on NIH guidelines as follows:The goal of this award is to promote diversity in the Biomechanics research workforce. It is recognized that underrepresentation can vary by experience and from setting to setting and includes racial or ethnic groups, disability, disadvantaged backgrounds, or related hardships.ASB members come from academia, industry, clinical entities, and government agencies.At any time, there are approximately 950 active members from 45+ states in the U.S., several Canadian provinces, and at least a dozen foreign countries.
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