Detall de la convocatòria

Característiques

Característica
Objectiu de la convocatòria
For junior researchers pursuing experimental projects in basic biomedical research and wish to pursue a short-term research stay or attend a practical course of up to 3 months.
Característiques principals
Purpose:
  • to learn clearly-defined methods useful for your ongoing research and the work of your research group at home by visiting another laboratory, or by attending research-orientated courses including practical training (the practical part has to cover at least 50% of the course);
  • to enable graduates from abroad and their potential PhD supervisors to evaluate the scientific and personal prerequisites before embarking on a PhD thesis. To this end, the graduate student shall pursue a short project in his/her potential PhD supervisor’s laboratory for at least 4 weeks.
  • Lloc de presentació
    El personal de la Fundació IMIM i PSMAR que necessiteu més informació adreceu-vos a:
    Servei de Recerca. C/ Doctor Aiguader, 88. 08003-Barcelona. Tel.: 93.316.05.76.
    Marta López: mlopez4@imim.es Ext.: 1576
    Carol Barnwell: cbarnwell@imim.es Ext.1670
    Convocatòria (URL)
    https://www.bifonds.de/fellowships-grants/travel-grants.html
    On-line application:
    https://travelgrant.bifonds.de/
    Informació addicional
    Applications may be submitted at any time, but they should reach the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds at least 6 weeks prior, but not earlier than six months before the planned date of departure.
    Requisits
    Applicants must pursue an experimental project in basic biomedical research, and belong to one of these categories:
  • PhD students or medical students during their doctoral thesis as well as postdocs.
  • research visits of graduates who have applied for a PhD project abroad, but who have not yet worked with their potential PhD supervisor (hereafter called PhD candidates).

    Your eligibility depends on when you received your university entrance qualification (see also documents for application and FAQs):
  • For PhD and MD students as well as graduates, it must not have been obtained more than 11 years (i.e.132 months) prior to the planned research visit
  • For postdocs, it must not have been obtained more than 13 years (i.e. 156 months) prior to the planned research visit.
  • Dotació
    The grant provides a flat-rate contribution which may cover the expenses for travel, lodging and course fees. The salary of the applicant must be paid by the home institution.
    Durada
    Up to 3 months
    Documentació
    The application for a travel grant of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) consists of two parts:
  • an online application sent via the online application portal and
  • a paper copy sent via regular mail
    You can consult the list of documents in: https://www.bifonds.de/fellowships-grants/travel-grants/how-to-apply-tg.html
  • Arxius

    Arxiu
    Travel_grant_conditions_12_2019.pdf