# \[HILS\] Call For Spring 2019 HILS Student Event Proposals December 04, 2018 To the HILS PhD Student Community, HILS is pleased to announce a call for Student Event Proposals. In the past few years, we have supported student organized events including the Harvard Anti-microbial resistance network minisymposium, HILS Gallery Night, the HILS Cooking Challenge, a Big Data Career Panel, an Op-Ed writing workshop and much more!! **Help keep the life sciences lively, and consider submitting a proposal!** Please note, in a change from previous years, there will be two opportunities to submit proposals this year: one deadline in January for events to be held by June 30, 2019 and a second due in late July/early August for events to be held in Fall 2019 or Spring 2020. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need further information. Best, **Grace Gill**│ **Director, Harvard Integrated Life Sciences**│**Harvard University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences** Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center Suite 350, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 phone: [(617) 384-5599](mailto:(617)%20496-2937)│fax: [(617) 495-2928](tel:///(617)%20495-2928)│email: **------------------------------------------------------------------------------** **HILS Request for Proposals (RFPs) for Student-Organized Events in Spring 2019** **HILS will fund several student-organized events during the Spring 2019 term.** **Events should conform to the following criteria:** \* The events must feature topics, concerns, or themes related to the life sciences and likely to be of interest to a broad cross-section of HILS students. \* Eligible event formats include seminars, panel discussions, symposia, conferences, films, and other formats (e.g., lab open houses). Creative ideas are encouraged! \* Events must be held at Harvard (on either the Cambridge or Longwood Medical Area campuses), and must include receptions or similar opportunities for HILS student/faculty mixing. \* Student organizing teams must include participants from at least two HILS programs and work with at least one faculty advisor from a HILS program. \* At least one speaker or featured participant must be affiliated with Harvard. However, non-Harvard speakers, distinguished guests, and attendees are encouraged to participate. \* In this round, we will consider proposals for events to take place prior to June 30, 2019. In June 2019, there will be a call for events to be held in the 2019/2020 school year. - Proposals should be a maximum of 3 pages in length, and should include: - - an event overview (theme, rationale, proposed dates, etc.) - information about expected attendance (size and target audience); include participation in previous years, if applicable. - basic budget information - contact information for all organizing team members - signatures of all student team members and the HILS faculty advisor(s) \* The maximum funding award will be **$2,000** per approved event. **Deadline for proposal submission is Friday, January 25, 2019 at 5:00p.m.** Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to: Grace Gill Director, Harvard Integrated Life Sciences *\* \* \** *Proposals will be reviewed and approved by HILS program staff and faculty members from the HILS Coordinating Committee.* See also:- [ All Life Sciences PhD Students (HILS-wide, GSAS only) ](/audience/phd-students-gsas) - [ Articles/Announcements Parent Term ](/postings/news) - [ Announcements ](/postings/announcements) - [ Harvard Provider ](/provider/harvard-provider) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)