YTF Award Guidelines and Eligibility Criteria

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
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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
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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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