Directly preceding Tutorials' Day of ISMB 2008
18 July 2008 @ Metro Toronto Convention Center

Registration

Travel Fellowships

ISCB Student Council has teamed up with sponsors to bring give more students the opportunity to attend the 4th ISCB Student Council Symposium and ISMB 2008 in Toronto, Canada. To achieve this goal we are providing travel fellowships to undergraduate, master's and PhD students from all over the world.

We have 4 travel fellowships for students from EU- and EMBC-states funded by the European Bioinformatics Institute. Another 3 travel fellowships for students from the rest of the world are provided with funds from the Korean BioInformation Center and the Ontario Genomics Institute.

The successful applicants will receive 1000 USD to cover travel expenses to Canada. No registration fees are covered and will have to be paid for by the successful applicants.

Conditions for Eligibility

  1. Applicants must be the single first and presenting author of an accepted abstract at the ISCB Student Council Symposium. Applications have to be submitted before acceptance notification is received, however, applications from rejected authors cannot be considered for funding. Multiple authors applying with the same abstract will not be considered. Only one abstract per applicant.
  2. Applicants must be registered in an undergraduate, master’s or PhD program at an accredited university or college at the time of the conference.
  3. Recipients of an ISMB 2008 travel fellowship sponsored by the ISCB are not eligible.
  4. Successful applicants will be required to register for the ISCB Student Council Symposium and ISMB 2008. The deadline for fellowship recipients to register for the conference will be listed in the notification email.
  5. Successful applicants are responsible for paying all expenses of attending the conference up front, including conference registration fees. Checks will be presented at the Student Council Open Business Meeting during ISMB 2008.
  6. Successful applicants have to give the ISCB Student Council permission to use their name and photo in promotion materials (printed and electronic).

Please note that involvement with the ISCB Student Council or its affiliated Regional Student Groups is not required, but will count as merit towards the selection of award recipients.

Application

Do not submit your abstract with the application. You have to submit your abstract separately according to the submission instructions. If you fail to submit your abstract separately your application will be rejected.

Potential applicants who meet all conditions listed above need to complete the following steps no later than May 26th:

  1. Submit an abstract to the ISCB Student Council Symposium according to the submission instructions. Do not send your abstract with your application!
  2. Send an email to fellowship@iscbsc.org including the following details:

    • Title and full list of authors of the submitted abstract.
    • Your curriculum vitae (maximum of 2 pages) in PDF format clearly stating nationality and program enrolled in.
    • Whether you are applying as EU-/EMBC-state citizen or not.

We urge all potential applicants to confirm that they can afford the registration fee for ISMB 2008 before applying for the travel fellowship.

Selection and Notification

Members of the ISCB Student Council Symposium Program Committee will select the winners based on the submitted abstracts and CVs. Notifications will be sent by email no later than June 1st in time for the ISMB early registration cut-off date. Only successful applicants will be notified.

Contact

All inquiries regarding the travel fellowships should be directed to fellowship@iscbsc.org.

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