IS-MPMI 2025 Congress Travel Award
Travel Award Abstract submissions are now closed.
Travel Award Application Details
Membership in IS-MPMI is required at time of submission
and at the time of the meeting. Not sure of your membership status? Login to your account
here to verify before submitting your application.
Applicants who are either students, post docs, or early career researchers are eligible to apply for travel funding. Early career is defined as individuals who have received a Ph.D. no more than 5 years prior to application and are working professionally in molecular plant-microbe interaction research. You will be asked to provide the year you received your Ph.D.
Travel award funding is limited. The actual amount of an award depends on the travel distance to the place of the meeting and the quality of applications.
Applicants must submit an abstract and be the designated presenting author. Only one travel award application should be completed regardless of the number of abstracts submitted.
Review and selection of recipients is based on the quality of the applicant's science reflected in the research abstract, impact statement, and curriculum vita.
Those selected to receive travel funds are required to be registered for the 2025 IS-MPMI Congress by the presenter registration deadline.
Application Process
The application process is incorporated into the
2025 IS-MPMI Congress abstract submission process opening January and closing 26 March.
In addition to your research abstract, applicants will be asked to provide additional information.
Some award funding is limited to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Please select Yes, if this applies to you.
Impact Statement (max 800 words) that indicates how your attendance at the IS-MPMI Congress will both contribute to the scientific program and advance your career goals. It is recommended that you prepare your impact statement outside of the abstract submission system and simply cut and paste your response into the application when prompted.
- If you are applying as an early career researcher, please provide the year you received your Ph.D.
- Upload current curriculum vita.
The Food Security Network Travel Grant
Deadline to apply: March 26
The
Food Security Network of the University of Cologne offers two travel grants to support PhDs from the global south.
In addition to your
registration, please send the following documents as a single PDF document to
food-security@uni-koeln.de:
- abstract of your research project
- CV
- one recommendation letter of a senior researcher
Travel Grants for Participants from Laboratories in the Global South and Europe
Travel Grant Application Details
- Membership in IS-MPMI is required at time of submission and at the time of the meeting. Not sure of your membership status? Login to your account here to verify before submitting your application.
- Applicants must be employed in laboratories in the Global South or in Europe and must submit an abstract with their application.
- In Europe, awards are prioritized for PhD students, postdocs and junior PIs from under-resourced laboratories.
- Funding of travel grants is limited to a maximum amount of
- 1,500 US$ for participants from the Global South and
- 700 US$ for participants from Europe.
- To apply you must submit an abstract using the Travel Award Application Submission, including your CV, by the submission deadline.
- The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) will decide on the awardees within two weeks of the application deadline.
