Grants

Federation of European Microbiological Societies Travel Grants

This meeting is selected by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (https://fems-microbiology.org/) to offer grants for event participation for Early Career Scientists**.

Up to 12 Early Career Scientists (ECS) attending the 13^th International Symposium on the Biology of Acinetobacter in Coimbra will be supported with a travel grant of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS).

Travel grants are conditional upon the acceptance of an abstract and registration in the congress.

Eligibility

To apply for this grant, you would need to meet the following requirements:

• be a member of a FEMS Member Society* or be recommended by such a member;

• be an Early Career Scientist**;

• be an Active Microbiologist;

• be presenting author at the meeting (oral or poster);

For multiple-authored abstracts only the presenting author may apply for a travel grant.

*Find out if your society is a FEMS Member at https://fems-microbiology.org/member-societies/

**These are active microbiologists who obtained the highest academic degree – Bachelor, Master or PhD – less than five years prior to the application deadline date, or are a Master or PhD student. Periods of maternity/paternity leave, special leave or illness do not count toward this definition.

How to apply

• Submit your abstract (online);

• Download and fill in the Early Career Scientist Meeting Grant application form;

• Submit the Early Career Scientist Meeting Grant application form by email to 13thacinetobacter@organideia.pt. The subject of the email should be “Travel grant” and the abstract title should be included in the email text.

Download and fill in the Early Career Scientist Meeting Grant application form HERE.

Applications must be submitted only after submission of an abstract via online. The submitted abstract title needs to be stated in the travel grant application. Application deadline is 2 April 2023. Applicants must be registered in the congress. Successful applicants will be notified by middle April 2023.

Additional benefits

As a FEMS Member Society member, you can:

• benefit from the grant provided for this meeting (see Eligibility above);

• apply for a range of other FEMS Grants (https://fems-microbiology.org/about_fems/network-and-activities/grants/);

• benefits/discounts off the registration fee for FEMS Congresses/Conferences (https://fems-microbiology.org/about_fems/network-and-activities/congress/);

• benefit from a 25% discount off a selection of Oxford University Press books.