BITS Annual Conference Travel Grant Rules

Eligibility
Researchers without a permanent position and submitting an abstract to the conference as first, last or presenter author may apply to the BITS2025 Travel Grant program.

Evaluation
Travel Grants will be awarded based on the scores assigned by the Scientific Committee to the submitted abstracts. Only abstracts with an average score of at least 3 out of 5 will be eligible for consideration. Each research group may have only one attendee awarded a travel grant, and it will be the highest-scoring applicant from that group. In the initial round of grant assignments, priority will be given to applications submitted by researchers under 35 years of age and BITS members. If there are remaining grants after this round, a second round will consider applications from all other BITS members. Finally, if grants are still available, a last round will consider applications from non-BITS members who have applied for membership. Within each round, if there are applicants with the same score, priority will be given to researchers who have participated in previous BITS meetings and have not previously received a BITS Travel Grant.

Travel Grants Award
Travel Grant will be credited to the bank account after the conference. Selected candidates have to provide: the attendance certification, their scientific contribution and a declaration of sustained costs, with the specific statement that these are not reimbursed by other sources. The winners will receive a grant amounting to € 350.00. Reimbursements must be asked to tesoriere[at]bioinformatics.it.