Travel grants and support for participants
FEMS and NCCR AntiResist are providing travel support. Please see below for specific guidelines.
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1) FEMS Early Career Scientist Grants
FEMS Grants
This meeting is selected by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) to offer grants for event participation for Early Career Scientists*. Deadline May 2.
Eligibility
To apply for this grant, you would need to meet 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)
*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.
Application process
If you answered yes to all points, please fill this form and return it to nacarb_conference_2024nccr-antiresistch
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
- benefits/discounts off the registration fee for FEMS Congresses/Conferences
- benefit from a 25% discount off a selection of Oxford University Press books
2) NCCR AntiResist Travel grants
NCCR AntiResist will provide travel grants up to 500 CHF on a competitive basis to early career scientists who are outside Switzerland or the European Union. Deadline May 2.
Eligibility
To apply for this support, you would need to meet following requirements:
- be an Early Career Scientist*
- be an active scientist in the AMR field
- be a presenting author at the meeting (oral or poster)
*These are active scientists 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.
Application process
If you answered yes to all points, please contact us at nacarb_conference_2024nccr-antiresistch. The scientific committee will review eligible abstracts and award the travel grants.