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ÂÌñÉçÇø offers financial support through various schemes to facilitate participation of researchers in ÂÌñÉçÇø-funded scientific meetings.

This page provides an overview.  Please check the website of the event you are interested in attending for more details about the travel awards on offer. Application is normally during registration to the event. Most schemes require applicants to be a member of a ÂÌñÉçÇø Constituent Society.

For ÂÌñÉçÇø Advanced Courses: ÂÌñÉçÇø Registration grants

ÂÌñÉçÇø Registration Grants are for PhD students and for postdoctoral researchers from the ÂÌñÉçÇø area who plan to attend a ÂÌñÉçÇø Advanced Course. Selection of recipients is by the organizers of the course. The grants are for full or partial cover of the registration fee, as set for each course.

Note that some ÂÌñÉçÇø Advanced Courses may also offer IUBMB Transcontinental Youth Travel Fund Grants for candidates from outside the ÂÌñÉçÇø area.

For the ÂÌñÉçÇø Young Scientists’ Forum (& ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress): ÂÌñÉçÇø YSF grants

For PhD students and postdocs selected by the YSF organizing committee to take part in the pre-Congress ÂÌñÉçÇø Young Scientists’ Forum (YSF), ÂÌñÉçÇø YSF grants cover registration, accommodation and most travel costs at both the YSF and ensuing ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress.

Full details on eligibility criteria and how to apply can be found on the current ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress website when registration opens. The deadline is normally early/mid December for a YSF taking place in the following year.

For the ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress: ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress bursaries and Sprinzl scheme

ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress bursaries

For the ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress, a large number of bursaries are offered by ÂÌñÉçÇø to support the participation of PhD students and postdocs (within 5 years of having completed a PhD thesis) studying or working in a ÂÌñÉçÇø country and travelling to the event from outside the host country. Applicants need to be submitting an abstract as first author to the event. The bursary covers the early registration fee and makes a significant contribution to travel and accommodation. For the latest full details on eligibility criteria and how to apply can be found on the current ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress website when registration opens.

ÂÌñÉçÇø Congress Mathias Sprinzl Scheme

This scheme provides a 50% reduction in the early registration fee to researchers submitting an abstract as first author who are from Hinari (Research4Life) countries with ÂÌñÉçÇø Constituent Societies. For an explanation of eligible countries and more details, see the current Congress website when registration opens.

For ÂÌñÉçÇø3+ meetings

Funding from ÂÌñÉçÇø for ÂÌñÉçÇø3+ Meetings (a collaborative scientific meeting of three or more Constituent Societies) includes a portion for a travel award scheme for young scientists living outside the host country who are members of the two (or more) collaborating Societies. More details are available from the Support for activities of ÂÌñÉçÇø Societies section and will also be given by organizers on their ÂÌñÉçÇø3+ Meeting website.

For ÂÌñÉçÇø-IUBMB-ENABLE meetings

ÂÌñÉçÇø and IUBMB, often with the additional support of commercial sponsors and national Societies, provide travel grants to attend the ÂÌñÉçÇø-IUBMB-ENABLE conference. Details on the eligibility criteria and how to apply are available from the and will be updated for each yearly event.