Fellowships

Support of Young Scientists

The support of young scientists is one of the most prominent tasks of the DGDR. This is achieved in several ways, namely via reduced registration fees for DGDR meetings, stipends for DGDR meetings as well as other related meetings, and also via financial support for exchange visits between different laboratories.

1. DGDR meetings

Members of the DGDR pay a reduced fee for DGDR meetings. Furthermore, a certain number of stipends will be awarded to young scientists, based on the quality of their abstracts.

2016: 10 stipends of up to 500,- € each are provided for the DGDR meeting 2016 in Essen.

2. Further meetings for which support may be requested

In addition to the DGDR meetings, also travel grants to other meetings focussing on DNA repair may be provided. Eligible persons are PhD students and „young“ postdocs (up to three years after PhD), who are members of the DGDR, and who submitted an abstract. Applications including CV and abstract should be submitted to the President of the DGDR (georg.iliakis@uk-essen.de); decisions are made by the DGDR Board. It is expected that after the meeting the awardee will write a report for the homepage of the DGDR (if possible including a photo!).

2016: 4 travel grants of 500,- € are  provided for the Egmont an Zee (The Netherlands) Meeting and 2 travel grants of 500,- € are  provided for the UKEMS-Meeting (London, UK)

3. Support of inter-laboratory visits by young scientists

To support the scientific exchange between laboratories, financial support will be provided to cover travel expenses.

• Deadlines are April 30 and October 31.
• In exceptional, urgent cases the DGDR Board may decide at short notice.
• Required are a CV and a short outline of the research project.
• The DGDR can support up to five exchange visits per year, providing about 500,- € each.

Eligible persons are PhD students and „young“ postdocs (up to three years after PhD), who are members of the DGDR. Applications should be submitted to the DGDR President (georg.iliakis@uk-essen.de); decisions are made by the DGDR Board. It is expected that after the meeting the awardee will write a report for the homepage of the DGDR (if possible including a photo!).

     d. Support of Workshops

Workshops focussing on DNA repair can be supported with up to 1000 €. Eligible persons are PhD students and „young“ postdocs (up to three years after PhD), who are members of the DGDR. Applications should be submitted to the DGDR President (georg.iliakis@uk-essen.de); decisions are made by the DGDR Board. It is expected that after the meeting the awardee will write a report for the homepage of the DGDR (if possible including a photo!).

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