# Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting

> **NIH NIH R13** · BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY · 2020 · $31,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) is the world’s leading society of professionals devoted to
developing and using engineering and technology to advance human health and well-being. With over
4,000 attendees and 19 parallel technical Program Tracks, the next three meetings will provide over 2,800
research and education presentations in podium or poster presentation format. Beyond research and
educational presentations, the Annual Meeting of the BMES will provide opportunities for strategic network
building, career development and advancement, sharing ideas, recognizing and promoting talent,
developing and promoting professional excellence and broadening the participation of underserved and
underrepresented groups.
BMES 2018 Annual Meeting – October 17-20, 2018 – Atlanta, Georgia
Theme: “Celebrating 50 Years of Innovation: From Discovery to Implementation”
BMES 2019 Annual Meeting - October 16-19, 2019 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme: “Connecting Communities: Bioengineering Locally and Globally,”
BMES 2020 Annual Meeting - October 14-17, 2020 - San Diego, California
Theme: TBD November 2018
Plenary speakers, special sessions and industry affairs activities are designed to support the meeting’s
theme. In this proposal, BMES requests support from the NIH for travel awards and activities that
will contribute to a diverse representation of participants at the Annual Meeting of the BMES. BMES
also requests support for educational panels and research awards that will support inclusion and promote
success in continuing in the BME educational pathway and profession. We propose to apply these funds
through:
• Student Research Awards
• Career Development Travel Awards
• NSBE Member Travel Awards
• NIH Funding Panel
• High School Visitation Day
Awardees benefiting from NIH funds will engage in events designed to support networking and small group
interactions, and will benefit from increased knowledge of educational opportunities and pathways to
success in biomedical engineering. Used in this manner, NIH funds will impact BMES by enhancing
diversity of participants at the Annual Meeting of the BMES and support inclusion and promote success in
continuing in the BME educational pathway and profession.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9983117
- **Project number:** 5R13EB026960-03
- **Recipient organization:** BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY
- **Principal Investigator:** DAWN M ELLIOTT
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $31,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-15 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9983117

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9983117, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (5R13EB026960-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9983117. Licensed CC0.

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