Youth Travel Fund (YTF) Guidelines

Information for Course Organizers and YTF applicants

As part of their application to the FEBS Advanced Courses programme, organizers of lecture courses, practical courses and workshops can apply for YTF grants to support participation of PhD students and young postdoctoral scientists in their event. These grants cover the registration fee, accommodation and meals for the selected young scientists, and may also support their travel costs.

Following the allocation of a set number of YTF grants by FEBS, the organizer should select candidates on merit, bearing in mind the eligibility criteria set by FEBS (see below). The application procedure for FEBS YTF grants and the FEBS eligiblity criteria should be presented on the course website. The YTF applicants should send their completed applications together with documented proof of their eligibility and a recommendation letter from the current or previous supervisor (if applicable) to the organizer by the deadline announced.

The selected candidates will receive a FEBS Treasury YTF form, to be returned to the FEBS Treasury at least 8 weeks before the event's start date. YTF grants will then be approved by the FEBS Treasury, and will normally be paid by the course organizer at the event.

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for YTF awards are as follows, and only in exceptional circumstances may any of these conditions be waived.

• The applicant should be not older than 35, should be registered as a PhD student at an institute of higher learning in a country where there is a FEBS Constituent Society or should be a postdoctoral scientist within five years of having completed a PhD thesis, working in a country where there is a FEBS Constituent Society;
• The applicant must be a member of a FEBS Constituent Society, www.febs.org/index.php;
• The applicant should not have received a grant from the Youth Travel Fund to attend a FEBS Course / Workshop in the current year or previous year, nor a Bursary to attend the FEBS Congress in the current year, nor a grant to attend the Young Scientists’ Forum in the current year;
• Awards will only be made to support travel within the FEBS area from the applicant’s current country of residence to the country hosting the FEBS event; the applicant cannot be a resident of the country hosting the event.

• The applicant should not be older than 35, should be registered as a PhD student at an institute of higher learning in a country where there is an IUBMB-related society or should be a postdoctoral scientist within five years of having completed a PhD thesis, working in a country where there is an IUBMB-related society;
• The applicant must be a member of an IUBMB-related society, http://www.iubmb.org/index.php?id=16;
• The applicant should not have received a grant from the Youth Travel Fund to attend a FEBS Course / Workshop in the current year or previous year, nor a Bursary to attend the FEBS Congress in the current year, nor a grant to attend the Young Scientists’ Forum in the current year;
• Awards will only be made to support travel from the applicant’s current country of residence to the country hosting the FEBS event.