Prizes
Awardee Lectures
24 June, 17:00-17:40 (JST), Room A
26 June, 16:00-16:40 (JST), Room A
26 June, 16:40-17:30 (JST), Room B-1
27 June, 16:00-18:20 (JST), Room E
27 June, 18:30-19:10 (JST), Room A
25 June, 10:00-12:20 (JST) Room A
Candidates: Hiroki Sakuta（University of Tokyo） Hongjie Li（Okayama University） Misa Minegishi（RIKEN） Daichi Takahashi（Okayama University） Keisuke Yuzu（Kobe University / National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University） Koichiro Maki（Kyoto University） Masayuki Hayakawa（RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research） Shuya Ishii（National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology） Koji Ooka（University of Tokyo） Ryo Nishihara（National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)）The awardees will be selected by voting. Please access your “My Page” to vote. You can choose up to 10 nominees.
Names and Poster Numbers will be announced at the Closing Ceremony of IUPAB2024.
Voting period: Monday, June 24 12:00 – Thursday, June 27 18:30
The scientific session chairs will choose candidates, and the poster selection committee will choose approximately 10 awardees from among the candidate.
Names and affiliations of the awardees will be announced by Friday, June 21 and awardee will receive certificates at the Conference Dinner.
This award is sponsored by Nakatani Foundation for Advancement of Measuring Technologies in Biomedical Engineering.
The scientific session chairs will choose candidates, and the poster selection committee will choose 4 awardees from among the candidate.
Names and affiliations of the awardees will be announced by Friday, June 21 and awardee will receive certificates at the Conference Dinner.
IUPAB will be offering the following grants and awards.
IUPAB2024 Student and Early Career Researcher Poster Award
Outline of the award
The organization committee of IUPAB2024 and the committee of Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) will confer “IUPAB2024 Student and ECR Poster Award” to excellent poster presentations delivered by students and early career researchers (ECR) in IUPAB2024. The poster award selection committee will choose awardees by considering the number of "likes" pressed to the posters and the balance of the research field, region of the presenters. We strongly encourage students and ECRs to apply for the awards.
Requirements for application
Student as well as ECR participants, not limited to the members of BSJ, are eligible for the award application. ECR applicants must be within 5 years after obtaining the doctoral degree at the time of the abstract submission (If an applicant has experienced life events such as childbirth or nursing care, he/she must be within 7 years after obtaining the degree at the time of the abstract submission.). Each applicant must be the first and presenting author of the poster presentation at IUPAB2024. Only one application per presenting author is allowed.
Application procedure
At the time of the abstract submission and poster presentation registration, indicate your willingness to apply for the award by clicking the appropriate box. The application is possible only at the time of abstract submission. If the poster application period for IUPAB2024 is extended, the application period for the poster presentation award will be similarly extended. The IUPAB2024 office will send each poster presentation award applicant a receipt of application by email. If an applicant does not receive the notice after one week of the closure of the application period, please contact the secretariat (IUPAB2024-kyoto@c-linkage.co.jp).
Screening processes
Approximately 10 members of the poster award selection committee will be established during IUPAB2024 by considering the research fields and regions. The committee will choose awardees by considering the number of “votes" pressed to each of the posters and the balance of the research field, region of the presenters. We plan to confer ~30 % of the applicants for each of the fields.
Announcement of awardees
The award will be given to the first presenting author of the presentation. Names, titles and affiliations of the awardees as well as their presentation title will be announced at the Closing Ceremony of IUPAB2024 and on the web page of IUPAB2024. The award certificate will be sent to the awardees.
Nakatani Foundation Award
Outline of the award
Nakatani Foundation for Advancement of Measuring Technologies in Biomedical Engineering (hereinafter referred to Nakatani Foundation) will confer “Nakatani Foundation Award” to excellent abstracts submitted by abstract registrants who selected “Pick up to symposium” when they submitted their abstracts in IUPAB2024. The scientific session chairs and poster selection committee will choose 10 awardees. Awardees will receive 100,000 JPY.
Application procedure
You need to select “Pick up to symposium” when you submit your abstract, so the application is possible only at the time of abstract submission.
Screening processes
The scientific session chairs will choose candidates, and the poster selection committee will choose approximately 10 awardees from among the candidates.
Ⅰ. Grants provided by IUPABCLOSED
| No. | Deadline | Nomination | Information | Submission/Inquiries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bei Shizhang Lectureship | Feb. 29, 2024 | By others | https://iupab.org/bei-lectureship/ | IUPAB Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Ronald Clarke (ronald.clarke@sydney.edu.au) |
| 2 | Avanti-IUPAB Prize | Feb. 29, 2024 | By others | https://iupab.org/avanti-iupab-prize/ | |
| 3 | IUPAB Young Investigator Prize | Feb. 29, 2024 | By others | https://iupab.org/iupab-young-investigator-prize/ |
Ⅱ. Award provided by IUPAB2024 Organizing CommitteeCLOSED
| No. | Registration | Abstract | Residence | Student/Post-doc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IUPAB2024 Student and Early Career Researcher Poster Award | Required | Required | Any country | Required |
| 2 | Nakatani Foundation Award | You need to select “Pick up to symposium” when you submit your abstract. | Required | Any country | Required |
Ⅲ. Awards provided by the Biophysical Society of JapanCLOSED
| No. | Deadline | Nomination | Information | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early Career Award in Biophysics and Early Career Presentation Award | Same as the deadline for the poster presentations for IUPAB2024 | Self | https://www.biophys.jp/ann/ann01_10-e.html | Application is limited to the student and early career members (including those in the process of membership application) of the Biophysical Society of Japan. |
Ⅳ. Awards provided by Biophysical SocietyCLOSED
| No. | Registration | Abstract | Residence | Student | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BPS-IUPAB Student Poster Award | You need to select “Pick up to symposium” when you submit your abstract. | Required | Any country | Required |
Early Career Award in Biophysics and Early Career Presentation Award
Outline of the award
Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) will grant the 20th "Early Career Award in Biophysics" and 9th "Early Career Presentation Award" to young BSJ members for the excellent presentations in IUPAB2024 that show their great potential to contribute to the progress of biophysics. The awards are known as a gateway to success for young researchers in biophysics. In the first screening of the awards, 10 candidates will be selected based on the submitted documents by the applicants who registered poster presentation in IUPAB2024. In the second screening, the candidates are invited to give oral presentations at the "Early Career Award in Biophysics Candidate Presentation Symposium" during IUPAB2024 in addition to their poster presentation. Up to five awardees of the Early Career Award in Biophysics will be selected from the candidates and the rest of the candidates will be given the Early Career Presentation Award. BSJ invites students, post-doctoral researchers, and young investigators, who are the members of BSJ, to apply for the awards.
Inquiries
*include as subject: IUPAB travel grant/award
IUPAB2024 Secretariat Office
c/o Convention Linkage, Inc.
E-mail : IUPAB2024-kyoto@c-linkage.co.jp
