The Company of Biologists' journals – Development, Disease Models & Mechanisms  (DMM), Journal of Cell Science and The Journal of Experimental Biology – offer fellowships of up to £2,500 or currency equivalent to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. These are designed to offset the cost of travel and other expenses. There is no restriction on nationality.

Applicants should be working in the field of the journal to which they apply and intend to visit another laboratory. Each application will be judged on the excellence of the candidate, and the importance and innovative quality of the work to be done.

Please review the Frequently Asked Questions before completing and submitting your application.

Application Form

Guidelines to completing the application form:
 

• Only one person per laboratory may apply for funding per funding round, per journal
• Applications are strictly limited to one journal only per round of funding per person
• The date of travel must occur within six months of funding being awarded
• Applications will not be considered retrospectively
• We do not provide funds to attend training courses
• Applications will be considered from graduate students and post-doctoral researchers up to three years after receiving their PhD
• We are unable to consider applications for ongoing collaborations
• The application form and all supporting documents must be completed in English
• Travelling Fellowships can only be awarded once every two years from any of The Company's journals per applicant
• Expenses include travel, subsistence, accommodation, visa fees and bench fees
• Travel insurance costs are not to be included in the expenses
• Please attach the following documents to your application:
• • Letters of support from your Head of Department and Supervisor*
  • A letter of support from your host laboratory**
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Publication list
• If possible, please put your application and documents onto one single pdf file.
• It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet the criteria required for a Fellowship
• Incomplete applications will be returned

*   Please note if your Head of Department is also your Supervisor, two letters should be written, one in each capacity.
**  Please note that both letters of support must be in English, on headed paper and signed.

Application Deadlines

The deadlines for application forms to be submitted are:

• 30 April
• 31 August
• 31 December

 Please submit your application in plenty of time as it can take up to six weeks to reach a decision from the deadline date.

 If you are successful, our accounts department will contact you for your bank details so award monies can be sent direct to your account.

Conditions of the Travelling Fellowship

1. Please email the Travel Grants Administrator travelgrants{at}biologists.com to confirm that you have received your payment.
2. Please keep all of the receipts related to your visit and send to the Travel Grants Administrator within one month of completion of your visit. You can either email them travelgrants{at}biologists.com or send them to:
   Travel Grants Administrator, The Company of Biologists, Bidder Building, 140 Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DL, UK.
3. Please note that any unspent funds must be returned within one month of the end of the visit.
4. Please provide a 250–500 word summary of the results obtained from your visit, within three months, for publication on our website.
5. If for any reason you do not carry out your collaborative visit or it is delayed beyond six months of the award, please notify us by writing to the Travel Grants Administrator at the address above. Please also arrange for the Travelling Fellowship funds to be returned in full.
6. You may only apply to one journal. Please ensure that the chosen journal is the most relevant to your field of study.

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