Aim
The AI&I Travel grant is to stimulate young talent within AI&I to attend international scientific conference in the fields of Immunology and Infectious diseases. The aim is to help them build their CVs, expand their professional networks, and increase visability for AI&I.
Target group
PhD students of AI&I.
What can be applied for
- 700 euro for conference visits within Europe.
- 1000 euro for conference visits outside Europe.
This budget can be used as a contribution towards conference attendance (e.g. registration fees), as well as travel and accomodation costs. This grant is intended to (partially) reimburse the personel expenses you incurred for travel, accomadation and the conference itself. Therefore, we expect you to claim the amount directly to your personal bank account, including proof of payment from your personal account.
Eligibility criteria
- The applicant must be a PhD student embedded in at least one of the programs of AI&I.
- The PhD student should have an accepted abstract for the designated conference, with the opportunity to present a poster or give a oral presentation to which the AI&I logo should be added.
- Applications should be submitted at least 1 month prior to the start of the conference.
- Only completed application forms are eligible for evaluation.
- After obtaining the travel grant, PhD students are not eligible for subsequent travel grant calls of AI&I.
Evaluation criteria
The AI&I talent development committee will evaluate the applications for travel grants based on the indicated evaluation criteria, the quality of the meeting, the
motivation to participate and the relevance to your research field. Applications will be evaluated throughout the year and applicants will be informed about the result of their application within a month.
Application procedure
Send the completed application form (PDF-file) together with your CV to: AIIgrants@amsterdamumc.nl
Requirements after obtaining the AI&I Travel Grant
- Include the AI&I logo in your poster or presentation and mention the grant in the acknowledgements
- Refer to Amsterdam institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases when communicating about this grant, e.g. in the (social-) media
- Send a completed claim form with the original tickets and receipts attached to reimburse you on your personal account to AII grants. In case of digital payments, send an attached bank statement of the payment, clearly showing your name and address. We will send your claim form to the AMR.
- Send us a picture of you in front of your poster at the meeting or a picture of you presenting your research
- If not in the picture send us the pdf of your poster or presentation with the AI&I logo