{"id":12300,"date":"2022-04-21T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=12300"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:52:13","slug":"henrietta-lacks-scholarship-in-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/henrietta-lacks-scholarship-in-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Biology to an outstanding full-time student enrolled in a degree program in Biology or Biochemistry who is a Black woman. Application is required.&nbsp; Established in 2021 in memory of Henrietta Lacks whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. Value $1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The history and scientific contribution of Black, Indigenous, and racialized people has been conspicuously absent from Science curriculum and members of these racialized groups are under-represented in biological fields. This scholarship was initiated and made possible through the remarkable fundraising efforts of the 杏吧原创 HeLa Team.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Applications to the <strong>Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology <\/strong>are accepted through September. Eligible undergraduate students in Biology and Biochemistry are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;showAllPosts&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;3,&quot;order&quot;&#x3A;&quot;ASC&quot;,&quot;orderBy&quot;&#x3A;&quot;title&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;none&quot;,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file_type&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;74&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            file\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n                        \n                    \n    \n    \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-lg flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 \">\n    <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden \">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/rds\/assets\/font-awesome\/file-pdf.svg\" alt=\"An icon of a saxophone\" class=\"cu-icon-thumb \" style=\"filter: invert(20%) sepia(50%) saturate(7177%) hue-rotate(348deg) brightness(91%) contrast(100%);\"><\/figure>\n\n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 text-left first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 text-left\">\n            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                \n            <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2738-Henrietta-Lacks-Scholarship-in-Biology-application-2025.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                Download\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                    Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology\n                <\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/footer>\n    <\/div>\n    \n                    \n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applications should be submitted to <a href=\"mailto:biology@carleton.ca\">biology@carleton.ca<\/a> by end of day October 1. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Eligibility Criteria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Black students who are women<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enrolled full-time in a degree program in Biology or Biochemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrated interest in increased representation for Black women in science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrated financial need<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions should be directed to <a href=\"mailto:biology@carleton.ca\">biology@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"https:\/\/futurefunder.carleton.ca\/giving-fund\/henrietta-lacks-scholarship-in-biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Help Support the Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"carleton-biology-lacks-lab\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">杏吧原创 Biology Lacks Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>HeLa cells have been used in a pair of upper-year cell biology courses at 杏吧原创 University for the past 10 years. In 2022, a first-floor lab in the Tory Building has been renamed the Lacks Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the support of the Lacks family, the 杏吧原创 HeLa Initiative was launched by a group of students in 2021 with the goal of raising awareness about the contribution Henrietta Lacks has made to modern science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/henrietta-lacks-biology-lab-bursary\/\">Read more<\/a> about the students who launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/carletonhela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">杏吧原创 HeLa initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"carleton-hela-initiative-honours-henrietta-lacks-plaque-presentation-to-the-lacks-family\" class=\"wp-block-heading title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">杏吧原创 HeLa Initiative Honours Henrietta Lacks &#8211; Plaque Presentation to the Lacks Family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"杏吧原创 HeLa Initiative Honours Henrietta Lacks - Plaque Presentation to the Lacks Family\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/raMoQEujjIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Biology to an outstanding full-time student enrolled in a degree program in Biology or Biochemistry who is a Black woman. 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