FCEs have unique access to trainee development opportunities for trainees and translational researchers/clinicians.
FCE Events and Activities
Annual FCE Events
Below is a list of FCE events held annually during the week of the FOCIS Annual Meeting.
FCEs
FCE Directors Meeting
Held annually during the week of the FOCIS Annual Meeting, where all FCE Directors and/or Associate Directors meet to share best practices, discuss FCE business, and determine collaborative projects.
FCE Directors who are current FOCIS members and who attend the FCE Directors meeting are reimbursed for up to $750 for travel, lodging (headquartered hotel only), and food expenses.
In 2024: Monday, June 17, 2024, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, California.
FCE Directors Dinner
An optional social gather held after the FCE Directors Meeting for FCE Directors.
In 2024: Monday, June 17, 2024 – location TBD.
FCE Fusion
The FCE Fusion event is an invitation-only luncheon and networking event, held on the first day of the FOCIS Annual Meeting. During the event, trainees present their research during a moderated poster session and receive mentoring and feedback from FCE Directors. Trainee participation is limited to FCE Fusion travel award recipients.
In 2024: Monday, June 17, 2024, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, California
Trainee Development and Travel Awards
FOCIS awards travel grants on a competitive basis to FCE trainees who demonstrate a desire to attend the U.S. Advanced Course and/or the FCE Fusion.
The FOCIS office emails FCE Directors approximately 6 months before each event. The email is a ‘call for nominees’ for the travel award opportunity. Using their own selection criteria, FCE Directors may submit one or more candidates via an online nomination form. Then, FOCIS will contact the candidates and request they complete an online application.
The U.S. Advanced Course FCE Travel Grant Program
FOCIS awards travel grants on a competitive basis to FCE trainees who demonstrate a desire to attend the U.S. Advanced Course. The value of the travel award is dependent on the FCE location:
- Trainees from U.S. or Canadian-based FCEs receive $500.
- Trainees from FCEs based outside of the U.S. and Canada receive $1,000.
Information about the nomination, application, notification processes, and deadlines are available on the FCE website and emailed to FCE Directors and Associate Directors.
In 2023: Sunday, February 26-Wednesday, March 1 at the Estancia Hotel in La Jolla, California.
FCE Fusion
FOCIS awards travel grants on a competitive basis to FCE trainees who demonstrate a desire to attend the FCE Fusion event at the FOCIS Annual Meeting. Travel grant recipients receive complimentary Annual Meeting registration. The value of the travel grant is dependent on the FCE location:
- Local FCEs* trainees receive $100 travel support.
- U.S. or Canadian-based FCE trainees receive $500 travel support.
- Trainees from FCEs based outside of the U.S. and Canada receive $750 travel support
*Local FCEs are located within a commuting radius of the FOCIS Annual Meeting venue.
Information about the nomination, application, notification processes, and deadlines are available on the FCE website and emailed to FCE Directors and Associate Directors.
In 2024: Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, California.
The C. Garrison Fathman Fellows Fund (CGFFF)
The CGFFF enables trainees and fellows to attend FOCIS annual meetings, educational courses and participate in exchange programs. Ever since founding and serving as the first President of FOCIS, Dr. Fathman has shown a continued commitment to providing high-quality education for fellows and trainees throughout the immunology community. In honor of his support of FOCIS, the FOCIS Board of Directors voted in the summer of 2012 to establish the C. Garrison Fathman Fellows Fund.
FOCIS Annual Meeting
Overview
FOCIS is THE meeting in translational immunology. Stay ahead of the curve with leading clinicians and researchers delivering the latest breakthroughs across immune-mediated diseases.
Focusing on molecular pathways and their implications in human disease provides the unique opportunity for innovative thinking and apply ideas from the pathologies of other diseases to uncover novel solutions to challenges in the diseases you study.
Abstract
Share your findings in front of leading clinicians and researchers in immunology by submitting your science to the FOCIS Annual Meeting.
FCE Directors and trainees are encouraged to submit an abstract of their most novel and innovative research to the FOCIS Annual Meeting. Abstracts are presented during Thematic Symposia, Oral Abstract Sessions, and at the evening Poster Sessions.
FCE Fusion Trainee Travel Award recipients must submit an abstract to the FOCIS 2023 Annual Meeting. FOCIS Annual Meeting abstracts are considered for either oral or poster presentation and scheduled into the program. The abstract of the FCE Fusion Trainee Travel Award recipient is also automatically scheduled for poster presentation during FCE Fusion.
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