Professional Development and Travel Award
This award supports the academic experience and professional growth of current UAB Graduate Students. Eligible students may receive up to $400.00, disbursed via direct deposit. Funds are intended to cover expenses related to professional development and cannot exceed $400.00. Awards will not reimburse or cover required UAB credit-generating activities or activities without a primarily professional purpose.
Note: Please notify GSG immediately if you are awarded a Professional Development and Travel Award but are unable to use it during the designated time period. We understand circumstances may change, but failure to notify GSG will disqualify you from future award consideration.
We have two application windows per year.
View FAQs, Award Guidelines, and Dates
Fall 2025 Application Cycle
| Award Period/Duration | Fall 2025 |
| Application Opens | 09/04/2025 |
| Application Deadline | 09/18/2025 |
| Application Status Notification | 09/23/2025 |
| Award Reception | TBD |
For more information, contact GSG President Teresa Beamon (tcbeamon@uab.edu).
2025 Awardees
| Name | Department/Year of Program |
|---|---|
| Alizeh Abbas | Health Policy and Organization |
| Asantewaa Aboagye-MacCarthy | Vision Science |
| Ajasha Thames | Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology |
| Alexa Jo Tellez | Psychiatry |
| Andreea Maria Stanica | Psychology |
| Azait Imtiaz | Genetics |
| Benjamin Lee | Radiology |
| Briana Machen | Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics |
| Brianna Fitzgerald | Neurobiology |
| Bre McDonald | Nutrition Sciences |
| Bryana Hardin | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology |
| Brittany Curtiss | Medicine |
| Caitlyn Sebastian | Microbiology |
| Christel Whitehead | Biology |
| Christian Lopez Blanco | Neuroengineering |
| Ebenezer Martey | Psychology |
| Emily Moore | Psychology |
| Fangming Zhu | Microbiology |
| Fiona Besem Atem | Nursing |
| Henrique Amaral | Neurology |
| Hadeel Alghanim | Rehabilitation Science |
| Jahmel Fowler | Neurology |
| Jie Yuan | Biomedical Engineering |
| Joelle Saad | Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology |
| McKenna Somerville | Neurobiology |
| Melika Razavi Hashemi | Pathology |
| Michael Russell | Biology |
| Orhun Vural | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Opeyemi Iwaloye | Biochemistry and Structural Biology |
| Rebecca Williams | Psychology |
| Regan Ashworth | Nutrition Sciences |
| Rita Chang | nan |
| Saumya Digraskar | Neurology |
| Sandra Olisakwe | Epidemiology |
| Saeed Zakakhosravi | Biomedical Sciences |
| Samantha Way | Neurobiology |
| Sebanti Ganguly | Biology |
| Shahadat Hossain | Physics |
| Sherin James | Otolaryngology |
| Susana Cheetham | Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology |
| Tzu-Chi Huang | Multidisciplinary Biomedical Sciences |
| Vaishali Bala | Biomedical Engineering |
| Wenqian He | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Willow Bain | Nutrition Sciences |
| Binam Shrestha | Public Health |
Previous Awardees
| Last Name | First Name | Department/Year of Program |
|---|---|---|
| Phuong | Quach | Department of Physical Therapy, 4th year |
| Shaurita | Hutchins | Department of Genetics, Graduate Biomedical Sciences, 4th year |
| Sam | Gary | CDIB, 4th year |
| Resha | Rajkarnikar | Department of Pathology, GBS third year student |
| Harika | Neelam | Computer Science, Spring 2023-December 2024 |
| Hadeel | Alghanim | Rehabilitation Science PhD program 2022 |
| Jessica | Lane | Microbiology, 4th year |
| Krishna | Chinta | Immunology, 5th year |
| Ameer | Mansur | Biomedical Engineering, 4th year |
| Sandra | Chrapah | Department of Administration Health Services |
| Sydney | Skipworth | Clinical Laboratory Sciences, 1st Year |
| Samuel | Chang | Pathology, 3rd year |
| Akash | Nagarajan | Biology, 3rd year |
| Queen | Crichlow | Psychology department, 5th year PhD student |
| Griffin | Thompson | GBS CMDB, 3rd year |
| Marian | Yurchishin | PhD in Nutrition Sciences, 3rd year |
| Bronte | Miller | Biomedical Engineering 2nd year PhD (4th year as grad student) |
| Jaskamal | banwait | Chemistry, fifth year graduate student PhD |
| Jennifer | Toney | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, 1st year |
| Yanliang | Li | Department of Computer Science, 5 |
| Anudeep | Bolaram | Department of Psychology; IVth Year |
| Tony | Dunn | Biology- 2nd year MS |
| Indonesia | Jordan | Psychology, 5th year |
| Maranda | Tidwell | Biomedical Engineering 4th year PhD student |
| Peyton | Clark | Biomedical Engineering, 2nd Year Master's |
| Anastasia | Smith | Health Policy and Organization |
| Briana | Machen | Graduate Biomedical Sciences Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Theme 3rd year |
| Jahmel | Fowler | Neurology, GBS - BSB Theme, 3rd year |
| Brady | Laboret | Developmental Psychology 1st year |
| Erica | Martin | Health Services Administration; Year 2 |
| Trent | Garrett | Master of Science in Health Administration, Master of Business Administration (dual degree), 2nd year |
| Lauren Paige | Turner | HSA- 2nd year MSHA STUDENT |
| Andrea | Rodriguez | Masters' of Healthcare Administration, Year 1 |
| Forrest | Winton | MSHA class 59 |
| Kanisa | Davidson | Psychology 5th year |
| Rahman | Dewani | Department of Health Administration, MSHA Class 58 (Second Year) |
| Van | Huynh | Department of Medicine, 4th year Graduate Biomedical Science PhD Program |
| Anh | Nguyen | UAB Graduate School - 1st year of Master of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Science |
| Larry | Zhao | The Department of Computer Science, 4th year in Computer Science PhD program |
| Shekwonya | Samuel | Department of Health Behavior, 4th year |
| Sachin | Budhathoki | Biomedical Engineering, 5th year |
| Anastasiia | Gryshyna | Psychology, 3rd |