Review Student Applications (Research Presentations and Travel Scholarships)
Applications reviewers are professionals with a bachelor’s degree or higher who volunteer to review 2023 SACNAS student applications online PRIOR to the conference. Note: This is a pre-conference opportunity in the Spring and Summer. Volunteers are ?not?eligible for discounted or waived conference registration.
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students are not eligible to participate as reviewers.
As a research presentation application reviewer you will receive:
Approximately 15 abstracts in your discipline to review.
Guidelines to score assigned abstracts.
Volunteer time:
Each abstract takes approximately 20 minutes to review. Total time = Approximately 5 hours during the review period. Questions? Email presentations@sacnas.org.
As a travel scholarship application reviewer, you will receive:
Approximately 20 scholarship applications to review.
Guidelines to score assigned applications.
Volunteer time:
Each application takes approximately 20 minutes to review. Total time = Approximately 6 hours during the review period. Questions? Email travelscholarships@sacnas.org
Review Session Proposals
Session reviewers are professionals with a bachelor’s degree or higher who volunteer to review session proposals submitted for the 2023 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference. They are a crucial part of the session selection process that ensures variety and quality in conference programming. Reviewers have two weeks to complete their assignments on their own time. Please send questions to Liliane Neubecker, Coordinator, Conference & Events, at sessions@sacnas.org.
Note: This is a pre-conference opportunity, assignments will be provided on a rolling basis starting April 18th. Volunteers are not eligible for discounted or waived conference registration.
As a session reviewer volunteer, you will receive:
Approximately 10 proposals to review that relate to your expertise or experience
Welcome email with instructions on how to access your assignments in the portal
Guidelines to score proposals based on the topic
Confirmation of work completed
Volunteer time: Each proposal takes approximately 20 minutes to review. Total time = Approximately 3.5 hours during the review period.
Eligibility: Undergraduate students and persons affiliated with a session proposal are not eligible to participate as session reviewers.
Mentor Judge
For many students getting direct mentorship can make all the difference in validating and motivating them to persist in their STEM journey. By serving as a mentor judge, volunteers provide constructive feedback and motivation to student research presenters, including many first-time presenters and first-generation college students. In addition to giving back to student SACNISTAs, this is a great opportunity to get exposed to new research in your field, networking, and recruiting talented students.
Time commitment: Approximately 2 hours during the conference from October 26 to 28, 2023 in Portland, Oregon.
Eligibility:
Motivated to provide positive and constructive feedback to student presenters?
Must be a STEM professional with a
Graduate degree or Ph.D.
Previous experience in judging/mentoring similar events is preferred but not required!?
Must be a registered attendee for the 2023 SACNAS NDiSTEM conference
IMPORTANT NOTES: Mentor judges are not eligible for discounted or waived conference registration.
Requesting funding from your institution? Let them know you’ll be serving as a mentor!
Conversations with Scientists is SACNAS's signature mentoring event that has been occurring for over 30 years. In this 90-minute program, undergraduate and graduate students can meet and speak with mentors in their own fields. Participants are divided up based on discipline, and then, by sub-discipline. Mentors answer specific questions and also share their own educational and professional stories.