Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the MDPI online Open Access journal Fermentation will be launching its Travel Awards for Junior Investigators in fermentation-related research fields. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Fermentation Editorial Board.

Candidates’ Requirements:
 - Postdoc or PhD student (age ≤ 35).
 - Will attend an international conference in 2021 (oral presentation or poster).

Required Application Documents:

- The conference you would like to attend (list the conference name and its website) and an abstract of the   work you plan to present.
- A Curriculum Vitae and complete list of publications.
- A justification letter describing the focus of your research (max. 800 words).
- A letter of recommendation from your mentor (a supervisor, research director, or department head).
- After the meeting, please provide a copy of the page in the conference program showing the  abstract/presentation and meeting badge that verifies your attendance.

The awards, each of which consist of 600 CHF and a certificate, will be granted to two junior
investigators.

Please submit your nominations and applications at this link:
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fermentation/awards) before 31 December 2020. The winner will be announced by the end of 31 March 2021.

Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637; CODEN: FERMC4) is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed journal on the process of fermentation and its developing technologies. It is published quarterly online by MDPI.

Journal website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fermentation

We are pleased to announce the two winners of the 2019 Fermentation Travel Awards for Junior Investigators, who will be supported with 500 CHF each towards their travel expenses to attend an international conference of their choice in 2019.

The 2019 Fermentation Travel Awards have been granted to:

Dr. Heinrich Kroukamp, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia. His research focuses on the tailoring of yeast protein secretion to allow for increased production of industrially valuable proteins and expanding the substrate range of yeast for biofuel production. 

Ms. Joana Resende Ortigueira, a PhD student in Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL) and the National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG), Lisbon, Portugal. Her research focuses on the evaluation of food waste and its valorization through dark fermentation systems, production of bio-hydrogen and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from food waste, and scale-up and development of continuous production systems. 

We would like to thank all the Scientific Committee members for their evaluations of the candidates, as well as all those who participated in the travel award competition.

We are pleased to announce the two winners of the 2017 Fermentation Travel Awards for Junior Investigators, who will receive 600 CHF each towards their travel expenses to attend an international conference in 2017.

The Awards have been granted to:

Dr. Matthew L. Bochman, an Assistant Professor at the Indiana University, IN, USA. His research focuses on the functions of RecQ and Pif1 family helicases to maintain genome integrity. He also works on yeasts and fermentation in connection with the craft beer industry.

Dr. Francesca Berini, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Insubria, Italy. Her research focuses on the production of recombinant proteins by fermentation, using Escherichia coli and streptomycetes and characterization of hydrolytic enzymes from a genomic and metagenomic origin with potential application for industrial and environmental purposes, as well as improvement of antibiotic production in rare actinomycetes.

We would like to congratulate them on their excellent work and would further like to thank all applicants for their interesting and high quality contributions. We also wish to thank the Scientific Committee members for their evaluation of the candidates.