Registration includes:
- Access to lectures and practicals
- Course material
- Accommodation in shared rooms
- Meals during the course (light refreshments, lunches and some dinners)
- Local transportation (BIP cards)
- Group excursion
- Course dinner
Payment
Participants must pay the registration fee by direct bank transfer to the Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, bearing any bank transfer charges.
Selected participants will receive detailed information by email.
The registration fee will not be refunded unless we are able to replace the participant with another student.
Selection criteria
At the time of registration on the web platform, applicants need to provide:
- A short CV
- A one-page motivation letter providing educational background and explaining the reasons for attending the course
- A reference letter from current supervisor or head of laboratory
Applicants will be initially ranked based on the CV, relevance of the course to their current research and/or scientific career, and the strength of the support from their direct supervisors. Among the highest ranked applicants, the criteria for final selection will include a combination of the following:
- Country: 12-15 participants working in Latin America, with good coverage of different countries beyond Chile
- Priority to advanced students at the doctoral and postdoctoral level. Undergraduate students could be selected exceptionally if they submit an outstanding application
- Good coverage of different backgrounds to promote interdisciplinarity – developmental biology, biophysics, physics, mathematics, engineering
- Gender balance – minority gender at least 40%
The selection of participants will be made by the meeting organisers
Abstract guidelines
Applicants should submit an abstract describing their current research projects (maximum 300 words, written in English).
Short Talks
Participants will present their current research projects in the form of short talks during the course. Short talk will last 8 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions and answers.
Travel grants and registration fee waivers
A limited number of registration fee waivers and travel grants will be available for participants, which will be awarded primarily to students and postdoctoral researchers working in Latin American countries.
Selection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. EMBO travel grants and registration fee waivers are allocated on the basis of the quality of the submitted abstract.
Applicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.
Additional travel grants are available for EMBC Associate Member States Chile, India, Singapore and Taiwan.
Child care grants
EMBO Courses and Workshops offers grants to offset additional childcare costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Workshop funded meeting. Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-care facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meeting etc. Please indicate on the registration form whether you would like to be considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the childcare grant and specify the sum that you will need.
Accessibility grants
EMBO offers accessibility grants to support participants at EMBO Courses & Workshops with any access needs. These grants cover up to 500 euros for any additional costs e.g. to adapt the conference environment, or to be accompanied by someone to assist them where necessary.
Participants with access needs may apply for a grant via the registration system of the related EMBO event, or by emailing the organizers of the related EMBO event directly.
Code of conduct
Anti-harassment and non-discrimination policy
At EMBO, we believe that harassment and discriminatory behaviour are unacceptable in any setting.
Media and communications policy
Recording or communication of the presented data needs to be agreed upon by all concerned.
EMBO's code of conduct is applicable for all participants of this EMBO meeting and can be found here.
