Awards

Students from any nationality are eligible to apply for this travel grant. To apply for this grant, you would need to meet the following requirements:

• be an active UG, master or PhD student
• must submit an abstract for a poster or oral presentation 
• be presenting author at the meeting (oral or poster)
• if eligible must indicate in while abstract submission
• the award will be given during the conference
• submit a conference meeting attendance support application including CV, and cover letter (as one pdf and rename your file as “firstname_lastname_student_travel_award.pdf”) via email at uaemicrobiome@uaeu.ac.ae and use keyword “Conference Attendance Travel Grant Application – Student Category”
• clearly state how participation in this conference will help in their education and research and why financial support is important

To apply for this grant, you would need to meet the following requirements:

• applicant must be employed at a university/institution located in a low-, lower-middle-income country. See the official list here (https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups) provided by the World bank
• must submit an abstract for a poster or oral presentation 
• be presenting author at the meeting (oral or poster)
• if eligible must indicate in while abstract submission
• the travel award will be given during the time of the conference
• submit a conference meeting attendance support application including CV, and cover letter (as one pdf and rename your file as “firstname_lastname_scientist_travel_award.pdf”) via email at uaemicrobiome@uaeu.ac.ae and use keyword “Conference Attendance Travel Grant Application – Scientist Category”
• clearly state how participation in this conference will help in their research direction and why financial support is important