Celebrating the Winners of BioRender’s 2025 Grant Support Initiative
1670
Submissions to the Grant Support Initiative
524
Institutions represented
$1.01B
Research Dollars represented
Recognizing 60 selected scientists for their creativity, resilience, and commitment to advancing science.
Featured Winners of Our Grant Support Packages
Hear the stories behind their inspiring research.
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"For me, this research is not just an academic pursuit — it is deeply personal. When I was nine years old, my mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer. In my lifetime, I have seen it evolve into a disease that is now considered eradicable. That transformation is living proof that science makes a difference."
At a moment when trust in science is at historic lows, I believe we must work harder than ever to make science clear, human, and accessible. BioRender has been essential in helping me do just that. It helped me secure one of the highest possible grant scores — and more importantly, it helps me share my science with hope and clarity.
Katherine Y. Tossas
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Policy
Virginia Commonwealth University
"I knew I wanted to develop vaccines for multidrug resistant bacteria as a freshman in college. My earliest research experiences increased my awareness of the growing threat so called “superbugs” pose to global human health and the desperate need for new strategies...It is incredible to be living my dream, working at the frontier of translational research to create vaccines and therapeutics that may be critical interventions in the fight against multidrug resistant pathogens."
A picture is worth a thousand words; BioRender figures are worth at least five thousand.
Elisabet Bjanes
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California, San Diego
"I have worked closely with clinicians who provided primary tumor samples, and through this experience I witnessed the pain and challenges faced by patients. These interactions deeply motivated me to devote myself to science and to advance cancer immunotherapy with the goal of developing treatments that are both effective and affordable for all patients."
I use BioRender regularly for publications and grant applications because it allows me to create clear, professional, and visually engaging figures. Its intuitive interface and wide range of scientific icons make it easy to illustrate complex concepts, which greatly improves how I communicate my science to both expert and broad audiences.
Yan-Ruide Li
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California, Los Angeles
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"As an international student from Saint Lucia and a first-generation researcher, my path into science wasn’t straightforward. What drives me now is the chance to show that curiosity, persistence, and community support can open doors and create opportunities for others who may not see themselves represented in science."
I use BioRender to create clear, consistent schematics...It helps me distill complex ideas—like connectomes, activity recordings, and perturbations—into accessible visuals for presentations and manuscripts.
Quilee Simeon
PhD Candidate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"In my proposal, the BioRender figure serves as a central visual anchor...The figure makes my primary hypothesis immediately apparent and provides a clear roadmap for our proposed experiments. It significantly strengthens my case for the award by building reviewer confidence and making my proposal more memorable."
Biorender has made it easier for me to communicate my science in an accessible way.
Mumtaz Shirin
PhD Candidate
University of Utah
Supporting >$1B in Awarded and Proposed Research Funding
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Yu Liu
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
"I find BioRender to be an extremely helpful tool for communicating my science. The wide range of beautiful color palettes and diverse elements makes it easy to create visually appealing figures. It is also very convenient to use when preparing posters for presentations."
Yu Liu
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
"I find BioRender to be an extremely helpful tool for communicating my science. The wide range of beautiful color palettes and diverse elements makes it easy to create visually appealing figures. It is also very convenient to use when preparing posters for presentations."
Santosh Kumar Yadav
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"One night while working on BioRender, I became so immersed in designing a figure that I didn’t realize the night had slipped into morning. Since then, BioRender has not only been a tool for my research but also something that awakened my passion for combining creativity with science."
Santosh Kumar Yadav
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"One night while working on BioRender, I became so immersed in designing a figure that I didn’t realize the night had slipped into morning. Since then, BioRender has not only been a tool for my research but also something that awakened my passion for combining creativity with science."
Nagina Mangal
MIT, McGovern
"I use BioRender to create clear and professional figures that make complex scientific ideas easier to understand...What excites me most is the opportunity to connect disciplines—neuroscience, immunology, and oncology—and to share that integrative perspective with the broader scientific community."
Nagina Mangal
MIT, McGovern
"I use BioRender to create clear and professional figures that make complex scientific ideas easier to understand...What excites me most is the opportunity to connect disciplines—neuroscience, immunology, and oncology—and to share that integrative perspective with the broader scientific community."
Skand Shekhar
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
"Biorender is a revolutionary product that makes scientific communication seamless and provides writers with the necessary tools to convey complex ideas. I find biorender very valuable."
Skand Shekhar
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
"Biorender is a revolutionary product that makes scientific communication seamless and provides writers with the necessary tools to convey complex ideas. I find biorender very valuable."
Xuanming Guo
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
"As a researcher, I’ve learned that communicating science clearly is just as important as doing the experiments themselves. I use BioRender to quickly create clear and professional figures that simplify complex concepts."
Xuanming Guo
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
"As a researcher, I’ve learned that communicating science clearly is just as important as doing the experiments themselves. I use BioRender to quickly create clear and professional figures that simplify complex concepts."
Kyrie Wilson
Medical University of South Carolina
"The best scientists I know are also the best communicators...BioRender provides a platform where we can remember how to "speak human" to allow broader impacts for all our work."
Kyrie Wilson
Medical University of South Carolina
"The best scientists I know are also the best communicators...BioRender provides a platform where we can remember how to "speak human" to allow broader impacts for all our work."
Pankaj Dwivedi
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in Saint Louis
"Whether I am explaining my research work to my family/friends, presenting at a conference, or writing a paper, the goal is the same, to make the science clear and engaging. That is why I value tools like BioRender so much. It empowers scientists to be better storytellers."
Pankaj Dwivedi
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in Saint Louis
"Whether I am explaining my research work to my family/friends, presenting at a conference, or writing a paper, the goal is the same, to make the science clear and engaging. That is why I value tools like BioRender so much. It empowers scientists to be better storytellers."
Lettie McGuire
Stanford School of Medicine
"We chose BioRender to create vital icons and diagrams to clearly communicate our complex plan. Without BioRender, we would not have been able to quickly render beautiful, clear diagrams that describe our research process to the reviewers of our grant application."
Lettie McGuire
Stanford School of Medicine
"We chose BioRender to create vital icons and diagrams to clearly communicate our complex plan. Without BioRender, we would not have been able to quickly render beautiful, clear diagrams that describe our research process to the reviewers of our grant application."
Khanh Pham
Weill Cornell Medicine
"I’m passionate about making science accessible, and I’m grateful for opportunities to share both the science and the stories behind it. We will continue to leverage BioRender to illustrate our scientific insights and discoveries for both public and academic audiences."
Khanh Pham
Weill Cornell Medicine
"I’m passionate about making science accessible, and I’m grateful for opportunities to share both the science and the stories behind it. We will continue to leverage BioRender to illustrate our scientific insights and discoveries for both public and academic audiences."
Jingchun Chen
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
"BioRender allows me to communicate my science effectively to both specialized and broader audiences... It saves time compared to traditional figure design tools and ensures consistency and clarity across presentations, posters, and manuscripts."
Jingchun Chen
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
"BioRender allows me to communicate my science effectively to both specialized and broader audiences... It saves time compared to traditional figure design tools and ensures consistency and clarity across presentations, posters, and manuscripts."
Aaron Angerstein
Medical University of South Carolina
"BioRender has transformed how I communicate my science, helping me turn dense information into clear, professional figures that capture attention and improve understanding."
Aaron Angerstein
Medical University of South Carolina
"BioRender has transformed how I communicate my science, helping me turn dense information into clear, professional figures that capture attention and improve understanding."
Ana Clara Bobadilla
Colorado State University
"BioRender's intuitive interface and extensive library of scientific icons make it easy to design professional-quality illustrations without needing graphic design expertise. It has been especially helpful in streamlining figure creation, allowing us to focus more on the science itself."
Ana Clara Bobadilla
Colorado State University
"BioRender's intuitive interface and extensive library of scientific icons make it easy to design professional-quality illustrations without needing graphic design expertise. It has been especially helpful in streamlining figure creation, allowing us to focus more on the science itself."
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