Bristol Myers Squibb Graduate Student Research Training Award to Promote Diversity in Toxicology

The purpose of the Bristol Myers Squibb Award for Graduate Student Research in Toxicology is to supplement the resources available to academic laboratories hosting and supporting Black/African American, Latinx/Hispanic American, or Indigenous American graduate students to conduct their research and training. BMS is providing a unique mentoring opportunity for graduate student awardees. The graduate student applicant should be in the final two years of their research program, and the faculty mentor and student may propose to use the funding to supplement the research the student is already conducting or to develop expertise in methodologies relevant to their current research objectives. The graduate student applicant and mentor will be given the opportunity to partner with nonclinical scientists at BMS to facilitate discussion of the trainee's research and provide a network for the mentor and their future trainees. The description of the dissertation research, divided into the following subsections, is required: objectives, work already accomplished, work planned for the future, and relevance of graduate work to toxicology. A letter of support from the student's research advisor/mentor that attests to their passion for research and provides details on the proposed activity is also required. Please visit the award's website or contact the Society of Toxicology for more information.