The purpose of these awards is to encourage the active participation of graduate and undergraduate bioengineering students in the Annual Fall Meeting of BMES and to provide encouragement and recognition for their academic achievements.  The official announcement (pdf) can be downloaded by clicking here.

Graduate Student Awards
Up to five graduate student awards for outstanding biomedical engineering research and/or design projects. The awards consist of a certificate, a stipend, registration for a BMES Annual Fall Meeting, and limited travel expenses. If there is more than one author/winner, the award is to be shared amongst the winners.

Undergraduate Student Awards
Up to five undergraduate student awards for outstanding biomedical engineering research and/or design projects. The awards consist of a certificate, a stipend, registration for a BMES Annual Fall Meeting, and limited travel expenses. If there is more than one author/winner, the award is to be shared amongst the winners.

Conditions:

1. Students competing for undergraduate Student Awards will submit four copies of a 2-3 page extended abstract to the Awards Chair by June 1. Design descriptions must be single-spaced (10-12 point type size) and printed on 8.5-x 11-inch white paper with one-inch margins on all sides. The title of the Design description should appear at the top of the first page, followed by the student name(s), affiliation(s), and mailing address. Skip one line before beginning the text of the Design description. Each description should include the following subsections (some deviation in section headings is allowable to accommodate individual projects): Summary, Description of Design Objective, Description, Analysis and Performance Evaluation, Discussions, and References.

2. Students competing for graduate Student Awards will submit an abstract at the time of the official abstract submission deadline for the Annual Fall Meeting, and pay the abstract submission fee. In addition, graduate students will submit four copies of a 3-4 page extended abstract to the Awards Chair by June 1. The title of the paper should appear at the top of the first page, followed by the author name(s), affiliation(s), and mailing address. Skip one line before beginning the text of the abstract. Abstracts must be single-spaced (10-12 point type size) and printed on 8.5-x 11-inch white paper with one-inch margins on all sides.

3. The BMES Awards Committee will select up to five graduate student winners on the basis of scientific merit, originality, and quality of written presentation. Up to five undergraduate student winners will be selected on the basis of originality, significance, thoroughness of design analysis, and performance evaluation.

4. Each student submission requires a letter of support from the scientific advisor or department chair certifying the originality of the student effort.

5. Applicants for student awards must be Student Members of BMES.

6. Awardees are expected to participate in the Annual Fall Meeting and present their work.

7. Awards will be presented at a ceremony during the BMES Business Meeting at the Annual Fall Meeting.

Please submit extended abstracts and letter described above by June 1 to: BMES, Awards Chair, BMES, 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 140, Landover, MD 20785-2224.