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2023 Announcement
We are excited to announce that the iDigTRIO Biology Career Conference and Fair will be taking place the week of February 13th, 2022. The iDigTRIO conference is aimed at collegiate and pre-collegiate students associated with TRIO programs around the United States. The mission of the iDigTRIO Conference is to provide opportunities to explore careers and graduate programs in the biological sciences to first generation, limited income, and underrepresented students (Black, Latinx, Indigenous, other students of color, and students with disabilities.
See below for evolving event structure, and stay tuned for more updates, but general registration can be found here.
2023 iDigTRIO Registration is open!
iDigTRIO 2023 Overview
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023: Shadowing/ Mentoring (Local folks)
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023: Shadowing/ Mentoring (Local folks)
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Thursday, February 16, 2023: In-person Conference Day
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Resource Fair
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Catered lunch with Keynote
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Workshops and Panels
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Student Research Poster Session
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Dinner/Reception and Keynote
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Friday, February 17, 2023: Shadowing/ Mentoring (Traveling folks / Local folks)
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Saturday, February 18, 2023: Shadowing/ Mentoring (Traveling folks/ Local person folks)
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Sunday, February 19, 2023: Shadowing/ Mentoring (Traveling folks/Local person folks)
Important Links
Visit our past workshops pages to learn more about these events. More details for the 2023 workshop are coming soon!
About Us
IDigTRIO is co-organized by iDigBio, TRIO Student Support Services and the Office of Academic Support at the University of Florida.
The goal of this event is to give students the chance to explore opportunities in biology and paleontology through workshops, panels, career shadowing, and tabling.
iDigTRIO = iDig from iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections) also as in "I dig" it! +TRIO as in the Federal TRIO Programs designed to serve individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
