Traditional Meeting Support
EFIS and the European Journal of Immunology (EJI) are proud to offer
financial support for immunology-themed meetings, workshops and schools that are organized in Europe and are international in nature.
Specifically, through its
support, EFIS aims to enhance interaction between young scientists and
established immunologists, providing funding to be used as travel bursaries to award to
eligible and deserving junior researchers who, in many cases, would be
unable to attend quality immunology-themed events without such support.
Proponents should bear in mind that high scientific caliber, strong European dimension, attention to the participation of young scientists, and appropriate gender balance are criteria on which the EFIS Board bases its selection of meetings to sponsor. Moreover, organizers must clearly justify that - without EFIS/EJI support - they would be unable to award travel bursaries.
Potential applicants should also note that the annual meetings
of Member Societies are not eligible for support (EFIS Affiliates may,
however, apply for the EFIS-IL Lecture Award).
Please note that this funding scheme is available exclusively to meeting/event organizers, not to meeting participants seeking funds to attend an event.
In
return for its funding for bursaries, EFIS asks meeting organizers to
display the EFIS and EJI logos on their
website, flyers, posters, etc., to announce the availability of EFIS/EJI
bursaries on the meeting's website and, after the event, to provide a list of bursary recipients with their full contact details. On occasion, the organizers of meetings and conferences receiving EFIS/EJI support are asked to allow the participation of EJI editorial representatives.
To apply for EFIS meeting support,
please provide all required information - cover letter, provisional program and budget of anticipated revenues and expenses - in the application form (link found at the bottom of this page). The EFIS Board will consider applications at its meeting
following the periodic deadline. Proponents should bear in mind the
Board meets every 3-4 months, and that applications should be submitted
at least 3 months in advance of the proposed event.
EFIS Support Scheme for PhD Courses
EFIS
and the European Journal of Immunology (EJI) have introduced a new support scheme for meeting organizers. Dedicated
exclusively to EFIS-affiliated Societies counting fewer than 500 active members
(see the list below), and in keeping with its mandate to enhance
interaction between young scientists and established immunologists, this
scheme will contribute to the costs borne by organizers for
courses/events/retreats for PhD students.
With this new
opportunity, EFIS/EJI financial support will consist of up to 5000
EUR to cover the travel and accommodation costs of invited international faculty, as
well as expenses related to one social event during the meeting.
As
with its main meeting support scheme, in return for its funding, EFIS
asks meeting organizers to display the EFIS and EJI logos on their website, flyers, posters, etc. To apply for
EFIS meeting support, please provide all required information in the
application form (see link at the bottom of this page). The EFIS Board will consider
applications at its meeting following the periodic deadline. Proponents
should bear in mind the Board meets every 3-4 months, and that
applications should be submitted at least 3 months in advance of the
proposed event.
EFIS Affiliates with < 500 Members
Armenian Association of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Immunology
Belgian Immunological Society
Bulgarian Society for Immunology
Croatian Immunological Society
Czech Immunological Society
Estonian Society for Immunology and Allergology
Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Hellenic Society of Immunology
Hungarian Society for Immunology
Irish Society for Immunology
Israel Immunological Society
Kosovo Allergy Asthma and Immunology Association
Latvian Associaltion of Immunologists
Lithuanian Society for Immunology
Immunological Society of Montenegro
Polish Society for Fundamental and Clinical Immunology
Portuguese Society for Immunology
Romanian Society for Immunology
Russian Society for Immunology
Immunological Society of Serbia
Slovak Immunological Society
Immunology Society of Slovenia
Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology
Ukrainian Society of Specialists in Clinical Immunology and Allergy
NEXT DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION:June 9th, 2017
As mentioned above, EFIS/EJI meeting support generally takes the form of funding to be used exclusively as travel bursaries to be awarded by meeting organizers to eligible and deserving junior scientists. However, EFIS has progressively identified a select group of schools and conferences held regularly throughout Europe that - given their high scientific caliber, strong European dimension, attention to
the participation of young scientists, and appropriate gender balance - are purposefully labeled "EFIS/EJI" events and can, as such, benefit from support to cover both travel bursaries and general meeting organizational costs (this latter generally for no more than 30% of the total requested funding). At present, EFIS/EJI events include:
