MCB Honors Timeline

Honors Awards Deadlines and Events

Fall 2022 Deadlines

Friday, September 9	FINAL DEADLINE for you to submit your application for H196A or H196B. See directions on how to apply for MCB H196A or MCB H196B here.
Monday, October 3	Registration and presentation upload opened for Fall virtual poster session. Link TBD.
November TBD	Deadline for registration and presentation upload for poster session presenters. Abstract Guidelines
To be announced	Fall Senior Research Poster Session goes live (Fall MCB H196B only) Poster Guidelines
Friday, December 16	Honors Thesis Approval Form and Thesis Paper due to Clara Ng-Quinn (Fall MCB H196B only). Virtual submission instructions will be emailed. Thesis Guidelines

Spring 2023 Deadlines

Friday, February 3	FINAL DEADLINE for you to apply for H196A or H196B. See directions on how to apply for MCB H196A or MCB H196B here.
Tuesday, February 14	Registration opened for honors symposia and the poster session. https://mcb.berkeley.edu/internal/uao/presentation.php
Friday, March 3, 3 pm	Application deadline for symposium and poster session. Applications must be submitted online by 3 pm. https://mcb.berkeley.edu/internal/uao/presentation.php
Resource:	How to Present Your Research
Tuesday, March 21	The UAO will inform all of you who considered for the symposia the results. Those of you who are not selected for the symposium will present at the Honors Poster Session, April 15.
Resource:	How to Write Your Honors Thesis
To be announced	Honors Research Poster Session, Location TBD
To be announced	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Symposium presenters must have submitted presentation to Clara. Sign up for a symposium prep appointment (times provided by Clara TBD) and be prepared to test your presentation (PowerPoint of Keynote only) during your appointment over zoom.
To be announced	4 pm, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Symposium, Location TBD
To be announced	Immunology & Pathogenesis Symposium presenters must have submitted presentation to Clara. Sign up for a symposium prep appointment (times provided by Clara TBD) and be prepared to test your presentation (PowerPoint of Keynote only) during your appointment over zoom.
To be announced	Cell & Developmental Biology Symposium presenters and Genetics, Genomics, & Development Symposium presenters must have submitted & tested presentation in the UAO. Bring it to the office on a memory stick (PowerPoint of Keynote only) during your appointment.
To be announced	4 pm, Immunology Symposium, Location TBD
To be announced	Neurobiology symposium presenters must have submitted presentation to Clara. Sign up for a symposium prep appointment (times provided by Clara TBD) and be prepared to test your presentation (PowerPoint of Keynote only) during your appointment over zoom.
To be announced	12 pm, Cell & Developmental Biology Symposium, Location TBD
To be announced	4 pm, Genetics, Genomics & Development Symposium, Location TBD
To be announced	4 pm, Neurobiology Symposium, Location TBD
To be announced	Department Awards: Letter of recommendations from PI due by 4 pm: Email to: cngquinn@berkeley.edu Resume or CV from student due by 4pm: submit to google form (Clara will send in future)
Friday, May 5	Recommended deadline to turn in your completed thesis to your PI and your MCB faculty sponsor. Note that you do not need to turn in a copy to the UAO by this date (see next deadline). Thesis Guidelines
Friday, May 12	Final deadline to turn in your completed thesis and Honors Thesis Approval Form due to Clara Ng-Quinn, via google form (link emailed out)
To be announced	Announcement of award recipients at the Undergraduate Commencement