European citizens working in Europe and overseas, and non-European citizens who will use the travel grant to work in Europe. Applicants must pursue an experimental project in basic biomedical research and belong to one of the following groups of junior scientists:
PhD students or medical students pursuing an experimental doctoral thesis who are not older than 30 years of age;
postdocs who are pursuing a particular research project who are not older than 32 years of age;
graduates from abroad who have applied for a PhD project, but who have not yet worked with their potential PhD supervisor.
We do not support
Attendance of conferences, symposia and workshops without practical training (if you are a B.I.F. fellow, please refer to Personal Support);
clinical electives or practical courses during university education;
applied research, such as biotechnological and pharmaceutical development or studies on the course of diseases or the treatment of symptoms, and botanical investigations;
attendance of courses organized by companies
From Leipzig to Helsinki
This experience was incredibly valuable and I realized the importance of Academic Schools for hands-on training and enabling direct exchange of ideas which is indispensable. I have progressed vastly in my own thinking and have benefited from the close personal bonds that I was able to forge with teachers and students alike. The input was enormous and I was exhausted after the ten days, but it was worth every minute.
Nikolaus Steinbeis on the Helsinki Winter School of Neuroscience
