Fellowship applications

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The 11th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB12) will provide several conference fellowships to help students and postdocs presenting a poster or paper to attend the conference.

Several organizations support ECCB by granting fellowships. Grantees will be communicated the source of support and must acknowledge it in their paper or poster. The award will depend on your geographical location. The maximum amount that you will be reimbursed will be included in your award letter.

Travel fellowships will pay for a partial contribution towards lodging, conference registration, and travel expenses. Affiliated expenses, such as evening meals, workshops, tutorials, late registration fees, and satellite meetings will not be eligible for reimbursement.

The conference organizers are committed to providing support to as many eligible applicants as possible. However, our funding sources are very limited and we regret that we are not able to fund all applicants. Applying for a fellowship does not guarantee that you will receive funding. If you require a fellowship to attend the conference, do not register until after you have been notified that you have received an award.

Key dates

• Travel fellowship application open: 15 May 2012
• Travel fellowship application deadline: June 25, 2012 (closed)
• Travel fellowship award notification: July 20, 2012
• Registration deadline: August 1, 2012

Requirements

Applicant must be listed as an author or co-author on the original submission of an accepted ECCB'12 proceedings paper or poster. (Submitters to the "Call for Late Posters" and "Highlights presentations" are not eligible for fellowship funding due to late deadlines for these tracks.)  The funded applicant must be the presenting author of the work, i.e. only one person will be considered per paper or poster; multiple authors applying  with the same poster title for a fellowship will not be considered.

Applicant must be registered in a degree program (undergraduate or graduate) or as a postdoctoral research fellow at an accredited university or college at the time of the conference. Evidence of eligibility (e.g., a student ID card) must be included in the application.

The applicant must register for ECCB12 before August, 1. The applicant must submit receipts for travel that equal or exceed the announced award amount to receive the full award funding. Details of receipt submission and funding distribution will be included in acceptance letter.

Instructions

Complete the Conference Fellowship application form [PDF] [docx, for those using Preview on a Mac, the doc file might work better!] and send it to fellowships@eccb12.org. (The bank account informationcan be left open in the application form, and provided after the fellowship decisions have been announced). If you need to make changes to your application, please notify us by e-mail; do not submit another application. Multiple applications will be excluded.

You will be notified latest by July 20, 2012 if your application has been approved for funding. Funded applicants will be required to present evidence of their eligibility status (such as student identification card).

All travel fellowship recipients will be required to register and pay in advance for ECCB12 (early registration rates will end August 1, 2012). If your attendance at the ECCB12 conference is dependent on receipt of a travel fellowship, please do not register until after the notification of travel fellowships.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: You must submit a Paper or a Poster before you submit a travel fellowship application! Applications received after the deadline will not be considered!

Questions regarding fellowships should be addressed to fellowships@eccb12.org.