GRANTS & AWARDS

Best poster awards

PYFF6 SPM Young Researcher Award, offered by the Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM), with a value of 200 euros, will be awarded to 3 best poster contributions to PYFF6. The selection of the best posters will be conducted by the PYFF6 Scientific Committee. The selected awardees will be announced in the closing session, on Thursday, the 14th.

Deadline for submission of grants applications: March 1, 2016

Young Scientist Meeting Grants, sponsored by FEMS, with a value of up to 400 euros (depending on travel distance), are available for applicants who provide evidence of being:

- A member of a FEMS Member Society, confirmed by any officer of her/his society,

 - A PhD student or a young post-doc, having obtained the PhD degree in the last 5 years,

 - Less than 36 years of age at the closing date of the meeting,

 - An active microbiologist,

- The first and presenting author of the submitted abstract,

- A registered and paid congress participant after information on grant approval. 

Meeting grants, offered by EFB Microbial Physiology section, with a value of up to 250 euros (depending on travel distance), are also available for applicants who provide evidence of being:

 - A PhD student or a young post-doc, having obtained the PhD degree in the last 5 years,

 - Less than 36 years of age at the closing date of the meeting,

 - An active researcher in Microbial Physiology,

 - The first and presenting author of the submitted abstract,

- A registered and paid congress participant after information on grant approval.

Applicants to one of these grants should send a letter of motivation, a copy of their abstract submission and a short (1 page maximum) CV, before March 1, 2016 to the PYFF6 Secretariat (grant applicants will be notified on their application before April 1, 2016). In the case of applications to FEMS Young Scientist Meeting Grants, a submission form should additionally be filled and sent together with the remaining requested elements.