FEBS Youth Travel Fund (YTF)

Application Procedure

FEBS provides a limited number of bursaries to help young scientists attending the meeting. To be eligible for an award, individuals should apply with an abstract, curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation. The candidates should include with the application their full address, phone and fax numbers and their e-mail address. Payment of the bursary will be made upon arrival at the meeting.

Conditions for Award

Applicants must present a communication as the first author.
Applicants should (a) be or have been, a student at an institution of higher learning in a country where there is a FEBS Constituent Society; (b) be a member of a FEBS Constituent Society; (c) be under the age of 31 years in the current year; (d) not have received a grant from the Youth Travel Fund to attend an Advanced Course in the current year.
Awards will be made only to persons traveling from their current country of residence to another country.
Where support for traveling is given, the amount of the award shall be related to the distance from the applicant's place of work to the venue of the meeting.
The awards shall be made by the FEBS treasurer in consultation with the chair of the scientific committee of the meeting.
Only in exceptional circumstances may any of these conditions be waived.

FEBS-SysBio2005 Course Office

Dr. Anneke Koster
Course Director
Biocentrum Amsterdam
Department of Molecular Cell Physiology
Free University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1085
NL-1081 HV Amsterdam; The Netherlands
FAX: +31-20-444-7729
e-mail: Hweste@bio.vu.nl
Web: http://www.febssysbio.net/

Please note: You can download and freely distribute the FEBS-SysBio2005 Announcement as well as the course poster as PDF-document.

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