Presenter Nominations
The 2025 Early Career Showcase is an opportunity for senior graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to present their research to colleagues and industry leaders.
There will be two sessions in this showcase. Please verify that the nominee is available for at least one of the dates before completing the form.
Each session will be three hours, consisting of six featured research presenters and a breakout session to foster discussion and networking. Presenters are allocated a 20-minute timeslot to present their research and answer questions.
Presenters will also participate in a professional development session led by IS-MPMI leadership which includes tips and tricks for creating engaging and accessible presentations.
The deadline for submissions is December 9th.
Presenter selections will be announced the week of December 16th.
Please review all criteria and materials before beginning your nomination.
Candidates can self-nominate.
Nomination Criteria:
- Ideally, we are looking for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the advanced stages of their projects to raise awareness of their work and support their trajectory to their next positions.
- Candidates should represent the diversity of our community broadly defined (gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, physical abilities, and geography).
- Research should be addressing fundamental knowledge in plant-microbe interactions toward greater understanding, appreciation, and sustainable use of plants and the environments in which they grow.
- Scope of work should reflect that of an early career researcher (i.e., work in-progress, technology and model system development, collaborations that unite researchers towards common, long-term goals in the lab and in agriculture).
Nomination Materials:
Nominations should include the following information:
- Candidate's name, current position & location
- Candidate's availability for the two session dates/times
- List of the candidate's training:
- Undergraduate degree, university & location
- Graduate degree, mentor, university & location
- Postdoctoral position, mentor, university & location
- Short description of the candidate's current research project (title + description, 200 words max)
- Short description for how the candidate supports IS-MPMI's effort to include voices and perspectives from diverse backgrounds (200 words max)
Questions?
Contact ismpmi@scisoc.org
