The Swedish Society for Medical Research(Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning, SSMF) awards travel grants to doctoral students pursuing preclinical and clinical medical research in Sweden. Applications may be submitted 4 times per year.
Registered PhD students who have co-authored and published at least one peer-reviewed article are eligible to apply. Those who already hold a PhD or have not yet been registered as PhD studentsare not eligible.
Travel may begin no earlier than one month after the application deadline.
Purpose and duration?
These travel grants are intended to cover addedpersonal expenses incurred during a trip to another institute or clinic for studies that will advance the applicant's own research project. Grants are awarded for travel to learn new techniques, to gather research data, or for similar purposes.
A personal invitation from the host institution and a certificate from the applicant's main supervisor must be appended. The maximum grant is 50000 SEK and may be awarded at most 3 times.
Travel grants are not awarded for courses, conferences or congresses, for supplies, printing, or other running expenses. No subsistence allowance or meal compensation is awarded during the time away.
The grant is paid out in arrears, no later than one month after the journey, after submission of an expense account including original receipts, and a scientific report of the project.
Application period
Applications may be submitted electronically 4 times per year: 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December. The application system opens 2 weeksprior to the deadline om the website: www.ssmf.se.
Do not forget to append:
- A personal invitation from the host institution
- A certificate from the main supervisor