Frantisek Svec Fellowship

Successful fellowship proposals will request support for innovative learning opportunities that creatively seek to expand the scope of the applicants’ current activities. The impact of the proposed support must be clearly and compellingly articulated. Fellowship funds must be applied to attending established training programs (e.g., Cold Spring Harbor training course, advanced training at an academic institution, national research center, or health care delivery organization focused on the development of biopharmaceuticals). Fellowship funds may also be used to attend a series of CASSS meetings and/or short-courses. 

Applicants may apply for up to $10,000 to be used to pay enrollment fees, travel, living expenses, and materials that support the objective of the fellowship application. Funds may not be used to pay institutional overhead. Recipients are responsible for all taxes associated with this award.

Graduate students currently enrolled in a degree-granting program and post-doctoral researchers working in either academic or industrial laboratories studying a discipline relevant to biopharmaceutical sciences are encouraged to apply. CASSS will accept applications from March 1, 2025 to June 1, 2025. After the close of the application period, a task force will be convened to select one winner of the fellowship.

The winner of the Frantisek Svec Fellowship for Advanced Training will be expected to communicate their experience to CASSS membership at a CASSS meeting in the form of a poster, talk, or career development session, or by authoring an article or recording a video for “CASSS Community News”.