IUPAB Bursaries
General Bursaries for Conferences
IUPAB offers bursaries to individual early career scientists, especially from less well-developed countries as specified by the OECD, to participate in relevant congresses, meetings and workshops. Availability will usually be advertised on the congress/meeting/workshop website.
It is also possible to apply for an IUPAB Bursary to attend a relevant congress/meeting/workshop directly to IUPAB at least 3 months before the event begins. It is anticipated that the outcome of the application will be available within 4 weeks.
The purpose of these bursaries is to promote the mobility of biophysicists and to promote the best Science in the field of biophysics. Applications are invited from young scientists from any country.
Eligible applicants are current PhD students and Postdoctoral fellows who obtained their Ph.D. degree within the last three years.
The travel bursary (1,500 Euros) will pay for:
- the registration fee directly to the conference, meeting or workshop organizers,
- 5 nights’ accommodation,
- conference dinner.
Any excess (to be informed to the IUPAB Executive) can be passed to the bursary winner by the organisers as a contribution to travel costs.
The awarding of bursaries will be decided by IUPAB Executive which will have the final say for decisions concerning eligibility, scientific merit of the application and the level of support.
Recipients of an IUPAB Bursary are required to submit a brief report (1 page maximum) describing their achievements during the visit. The report must be received by the IUPAB Secretariat within 2 months of the end of the award. All correspondence will be carried out by email, in English.
To apply, please complete the application form using the following link. Please make sure all sections of the form are completed. https://forms.gle/9VT7cFFkoN6oMpxMA
IUPAB 2027 Berlin Congress Bursary
IUPAB supports up to 60 bursaries to early career scientists to attend the triennial IUPAB Congress – the next one will be held in 17 – 21 October 2027 in Berlin, Germany. The purpose of these bursaries is to promote the mobility of biophysicists and to promote the best Science in the field of biophysics.
Applications are invited from young scientists from any country (except Germany, the host country). Eligible applicants are current PhD students and Postdoctoral fellows who obtained their Ph.D. degree within the last three years.
The bursary is to be used to contribute to the costs of accommodation (4 hotel nights in double room) and registration fee. Exceptionally, in a few very well justified cases, an additional amount could be transferred to applicants coming from less favoured and overseas countries to cover part of the air ticket.
The awarding of bursaries will be decided by IUPAB Executive which will have the final say for decisions concerning eligibility, scientific merit of the application and the level of support.
Recipients of an IUPAB Bursary are required to submit a brief report (1 page maximum) describing their achievements during the visit. The report must be received by the IUPAB Secretariat within 2 months of the end of the award. All correspondence will be carried out by email, in English.
Bursary applications for the 2027 Berlin Congress can be submitted after 1st January 2027, and the deadline for applications to be considered will provisionally be 1st June 2027.