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

Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists at the
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
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Funding is available for PhD students interested in three
months of collaborative research on

Evolutionary and Ecological Modeling

in population ecology, evolutionary ecology, community ecology,
spatial ecology, and fishery ecology.

Young scientists from all countries are eligible for stipends,
provided by IIASA's Evolution and Ecology Program, contributing to
travel and accommodation costs. Students from Austria, China,
Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, the
Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, South Africa,
Sweden, and the USA are eligible for fellowships providing travel,
accommodation, and living expenses.

Summer research projects are invited in any of the following areas

Fisheries-induced Evolution
Adaptive Speciation
Adaptive Dynamics
Food Web Evolution
Evolution of Cooperation
Evolutionary Conservation Biology
Spatially Explicit Evolutionary Models
Moment-based Spatial Models
Artificial Evolution

Previous experience with implementing and studying evolutionary or
ecological models will be an important asset. Informal inquiries
about specific research interests and plans can be directed to Ulf
Dieckmann (dieckmann@iiasa.ac.at).

Online applications have to be submitted before January 15, 2008.

Since 1977, the annual Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) of
the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
in Laxenburg, Austria, has attracted 1400+ students from 70+
countries. The YSSP 2008 will take place from June 2 to August 29,
2007. IIASA is located in the former summer palace of Austria's
royal family, ca. 15 km south of Vienna. IIASA's summer program
offers exceptional opportunities for acquiring experience in an
international and interdisciplinary research environment. Research
training is based on regular personal interaction with advising
senior scientists, and typically leads to a publication in an
international journal (as well as to a chapter in a candidate's
PhD thesis).

Some useful links:

+ http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/YSP/reg-info/more_about_the_program...
Details about the summer program, and online application

+ www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP
Information about IIASA's Evolution and Ecology Program

+ www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/Students.html
Examples of successful YSSP projects

+ www.iiasa.ac.at/docs/IIASA_Info.html
General information about IIASA

Scienists from developing countries can seek support for conference attendance via the Nature Publishing Group Award scheme:
http://www.nature.com/npg_/community/npg_awards.html