FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETIES (FEBS) A charitable organization advancing research in the molecular life sciences across Europe and beyond www.febs.org A company limited by guarantee (No. 8239097), registered as a charity (No. 1149638), in England and Wales. Registered office: 98 Regent Street, Cambridge CB2 1DP, UK _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ YTF Award Guidelines and Eligibility Criteria Youth Travel Fund (YTF) – Eligibility Criteria 1. YTF grants can only be used to support participation in courses sponsored or co-sponsored by FEBS. 2. Applicants should: (a) not be 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, (b) be a member of a FEBS Constituent Society http://www.febs.org/index.php?id=74, or a member of an IUBMB-related society http://www.iubmb.org/index.php?id=16 and (c) 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 Scientist Forum in the current year. 3. Awards will only be made to support travel within the FEBS area/from outside the FEBS area, from the applicant’s current country of residence to a different country; the applicant cannot be a resident of the country hosting the event. 4. The awards shall be evaluated by the FEBS treasury and the payments made by the Course Organiser in consultation with the FEBS Treasury, upon arrival at the event venue. 5. The YTF award must be returned to FEBS if the awardee does not attend the course. 6. Only in exceptional circumstances may any of conditions 1–5 be waived. 7. FEBS is not liable for any accidents or mishaps in any events that it sponsors. All participants must make sure they have their own adequate insurance cover (travel and medical). Acceptance of FEBS sponsorship is conditional on the recipients acknowledging that they have responsibility for their own safety and making their own arrangements for adequate insurance cover. The procedure for YTF payments The Course Organizers should select YTF awardees on merit, bearing in mind the eligibility criteria set by FEBS. A list of names and email addresses of successful YTF applicants, whose eligibility has been checked as far as possible by the Course Organizers, should be sent to the FEBS Treasury at least 10 weeks before the course. Please also include a couple of reserve names. Upon the FEBS Treasury confirm the eligibility of the selected candidates, each successful applicant should be forwarded a YTF Treasury Form (supplied to Course Organizers by the FEBS Treasury), which the applicants must then complete and return by email to Ms Barbara Baron, [email protected], FEBS FEBS Treasury, 98 Regent Street, Cambridge CB2 1DP, UK Contact: Barbara Baron [email protected] Tel: 01223 311010 Fax: 01223 311012 Web: www.febs.org FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETIES (FEBS) A charitable organization advancing research in the molecular life sciences across Europe and beyond www.febs.org A company limited by guarantee (No. 8239097), registered as a charity (No. 1149638), in England and Wales. Registered office: 98 Regent Street, Cambridge CB2 1DP, UK _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Treasury Manager, to arrive at least 8 weeks before the course. These forms serve to double check eligibility and to calculate the travel awards. The Treasury will transfer the cumulative amount of all allocated YTF grants to the bank account of the organizer as soon as the presence at the event of all YTF participants is confirmed. The approved travel expenses will be handed by the organizer to the awardees when they arrive at the course. In special cases the approved travel expenses can be paid to YTF recipients before their travel. Note that FEBS covers the all-inclusive fee of awardees and may cover some part of the travel costs, if decided by the Course Organizer. All travel quotes from YTF applicants must be based on the most economical mode of transport, route and timings as far as reasonable, and be supported by screen prints from airline/rail-network websites or travel agency documents. FEBS will normally reimburse up to 100% of travel costs to participants coming from Eastern Europe and up to 80% for the rest; the total amount of the travel grant can be capped (especially for trans-continental travel), depending on the available budget. Course organizers should inform the FEBS Treasury and awardees of any local transport arrangements in place for the course or (if such arrangements do not exist) an economical way of reaching the course venue from the nearest airport/station. FEBS Treasury FEBS Treasury, 98 Regent Street, Cambridge CB2 1DP, UK Contact: Barbara Baron [email protected] Tel: 01223 311010 Fax: 01223 311012 Web: www.febs.org
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