Travel Grants for Young scientists for Xenopus Conference 2008 at Germany

Young scientists are cordially invited to participate at the Conference. Travel grants for young scientists (diploma/master and PhD students and postdocs) are made possible. They are intended to partially cover travel expenses (excluding hotel, meals and registration fee) to a maximum of 70% depending on request. To receive a grant, you must register for the symposium. Only one application per laboratory will be accepted.

Application Process

To apply for a grant, send an email to the committee member Doris Wedlich:
doris.wedlich@zi2.uni-karlsruhe.de
with the subject line "Xenopus Conference 2008 Travel Grant".

The body of the message (or a attached pdf-file) should include:

• Your name (Family name, first name)
• Male or female
• Your date of birth
• Your status (diploma student, master student, doctoral student, postdoc)
• Your work address
• Your advisor's name
• Whether you are a autor or co-author of a submitted abstract (please give the title and author list of the paper as well) and wether you will be presenting the paper
• A brief statement from your supervisor how you would benefit from attending the conference and why it is important for you receiving a travel grant. You must attach this letter of recommendation as a pdf-file.

Application deadline for travel grants is May 10th, 2008.

The awardees are selected by the organizing committee and will be notified of the grant within 6-8 weeks after the deadline date. If you have any questions regarding the travel grant, please contact Doris Wedlich doris.wedlich

Website: http://www.uni-ulm.de/12thxenopus/index.html