Travel Award
The IJMS Travel Award was launched in 2016, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology, molecular medicine, biomaterials, and molecular biophysics, thereby helping to enhance their professional profiles. The application process is open from April to October every year, and winners are announced by the end of December.
The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate.
Number of Winners: 3
Automation Travel Award
Application deadline: 31 October 2026Winner announcement date: 31 December 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2027 (oral presentation or poster).
List of Documents for Application
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
Past Winners
Winner
- HYHaopeng YuHaopeng YuJohn Innes Centre
Rachel CrosslandRachel CrosslandNewcastle University, UK- XJXiaohui JuXiaohui JuFred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Award Committee
Maurizio BattinoDr. Maurizio BattinoUniversità Politecnica delle MarcheChairman
Setsuko KomatsuProf. Setsuko KomatsuFukui University of Technology
Hyotcherl IheeProf. Hyotcherl Ihee
Lasse LindahlDr. Lasse LindahlUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
Peter KuppenDr. Peter KuppenLeiden University Medical Center, Dept. of Surgery
João Pedro SilvaDr. João Pedro SilvaUCIBIO, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto
Salah Eddine StiribaProf. Salah Eddine StiribaInstituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia
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