Award amount: $2,000

Number of awards: 1

Deadline: April 3, 2024

Description: MANA is offering an early career member travel award to attend Metabolomics 2024 in Osaka, Japan, June 16-20, 2024 and present research that highlights metabolomics and/or lipidomics. The travel award is a competitive award based on research that displays a high level of distinction, abstract quality and a personal statement. The award will be selected through a review process by the MANA Awards Committee. The award includes $2,000 and a certificate; One (1) award will be given

Eligibility criteria:

● MANA member within ten years of a terminal degree

● Must attend and present at Metabolomics 2024

● Conduct metabolomics research in North America

● Allowed one travel award per year. Cannot receive award two consecutive society conferences in a row (e.g. Metabolomics 2023 and Metabolomics 2024)

Application requirements (single pdf):

● Provide a copy of the submitted abstract

● Your current CV (5 page max, award-relevant content)

● Please provide a brief (300 words or less) justification for why you deserve the award, including how the award could uniquely enable you to attend Metabolomics 2024 and any indications of your academic and professional excellence

Travel Grant Instructions Application Form Judging Rubric

The MANA ECM Travel Grant provides financial support to offset costs of travel or registration fees for professional conferences. This funding enables early career scientists the opportunity to present their research at prestigious conferences and gain valuable networking experience. Please help us support the MANA ECM by encouraging their application.

Award amount: $1000

Number of awards: 1

Deadline: February 8, 2024

Description: The WomiX organizing committee is seeking nominations for the 2024 WomiX Mentorship Award. This award will honor a womxn in metabolomics that has demonstrated strong mentorship and leadership skills and has made a large impact on other researchers in their field.

Eligibility criteria for nomination:

1) Any woman/womxn MANA member or WomiX member may be nominated! Collective nominations for a mentor are also encouraged!

2) Any MANA member or WomiX member may nominate someone for the mentorship award. Self-nominations are also encouraged!

3) The nominee should be an outstanding womxn who has demonstrated mentorship and leadership skills in the metabolomics community.

4) The nominee must work in the field of metabolomics.

5) The nominee does not need to be part of a formal mentorship program.

Award information: The recipient of this year’s award will receive a cash award and a commemorative plaque to recognize the awardee’s achievements as an inspiring mentor to the metabolomics community.

Evaluation approach: To consdiered for this award please submit your nomination application here: https://forms.gle/mNhDWptai34YXs5KA

If you have any questions please reach out to womix@metabolomicsna.org

Award amount: $1000

Number of awards: 1

Deadline: TBD

Description: The MANA Early Career Award is a competitive award for the most accomplished Early Career Members. We encourage members whose work has exhibited exceptional novelty or has pushed the boundaries of metabolomics, or whose early career efforts, after obtaining a PhD, MD, or MD-PhD, have resulted in sustained, substantial, and noteworthy contributions to the field, to apply for the MANA Early Career Award. The winner will be selected to give an oral presentation at the conference.

Eligibility criteria: The applicant must:

1. Be within ten years of a terminal degree

2. Conduct metabolomics research in North America

3. Attend the TBD conference

4. Present at TBD

Evaluation approach: To be considered by MANA Award Committee please submit

1. Your conference abstract

2. Your current CV (5 page max, award-relevant content)

3. A brief description of your accomplishments and impact of your work (250 word maximum)

4. A letter of recommendation sent directly to awards@metabolomicsna.org with subject line ‘Letter of rec for applicant name and award title

Award amount: $1000

Number of awards: 1

Deadline: TBD

Description: The Mark P. Styczynski Award is a competitive award for an Early Career Member who has demonstrated significant accomplishment in computational metabolomics. We encourage members whose work has exhibited exceptional novelty and innovation in computational metabolomics, or whose early career efforts have resulted in sustained, substantial, and noteworthy contributions to the field, to apply for the Mark P. Styczynski Award. The winner will be selected to give a talk at the conference.

Eligibility criteria: The applicant must:

1. Be within ten years of a terminal degree

2. Conduct metabolomics research in North America

3. Attend the TBD conference

4. Present at TBD

Evaluation approach: To be considered by MANA Award Committee please submit

1. Your conference abstract

2. Your current CV (5 page max, award-relevant content)

3. A brief description of your accomplishments and impact of your work (250 word maximum)

4. A letter of recommendation sent directly to awards@metabolomicsna.org with subject line ‘Letter of rec for applicant name and award title

Award amount: $1000 toward a course in leadership

Number of awards: 1

Nomination Deadline: TBD

Application deadline: TBD

Description: The purpose of this award is to recognize the Contributions and promote the leadership skills of a service core researcher/scientist who pursues a leadership role in a metabolomics service core. MANA will contribute up to $1000 in attendance cost toward a leadership course/workshop of the winner’s choice within 18 months of the award date.

Eligibility Criteria: The applicant must:

1. Hold a PhD, MD or MD-PhD

2. Hold a current position in a metabolomics service core facility in North America

3. Attend the MANA conference

4. Present at the MANA conference (poster or oral)

Evaluation approach: To be considered by MANA Award Committee please submit:

1. Your current CV (5 page max, award-relevant content)

2. A brief description of how this award will help you advance your career as a leader in a service core. Please highlight any relevant experience or past honors that you may have (250 word maximum)

3. Provide description and cost of intended leadership course for which MANA will reimburse up to $1000 of the attendance cost

Award amount: up to $500 reimbursement per awardee

Number of awards: 5

Deadline: TBD

Description: This award is for any childcare- or dependent care-related costs directly attributable to your attendance at MANA (in-person or virtual). Awards are open to all MANA members. Awardees will be required to provide a receipt (where applicable), or any other proof of a childcare arrangement. All applicant information, including reason(s) for need, is kept confidential by MANA.

Eligibility criteria: The applicant must: attend the MANA conference

Evaluation approach: To be considered by MANA ECM Committee please complete this application

Award amount: $800

Number of awards: 10

Deadline: TBA

Please register to be considered for this opportunity.

Description: MANA Early-Career Travel Award recognizes early-career members whose current metabolomics research displays a high level of distinction. The Travel Award is a competitive award based on the quality of the submitted abstract. The awards will be selected through a rigorous review process by the Organizing Committee. This award is open to all Early Career Members (defined as being within ten years of their most recent degree).

Eligibility criteria:

● You must attend the conference

● Be the presenting author on a submitted abstract

● Research must be completed at an institution in North America

Evaluation approach: To be considered by MANA Award Committee please submit:

1. Application through the abstract submission portal

2. Indicate your interest at a drop-down box

3. Please provide your current institution, your lab group or PI name, and a brief (300 words or less) justification for why you deserve the award, including how the award could uniquely enable you to attend MANA 2022 and any indications of your academic and professional excellence.