The 8th European congress of Virology is selected by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) to offer grants for event participation for Early Career Scientists*.

The FEMS grant will allow the ECV2023 Organizing Committee to financially support (student early registration fee, accommodation to share, €300) a maximum of 16 European and non-European Early Career Scientists. 

Eligibility
To apply for this grant, you would need to meet following requirements:

• be a member of a FEMS Member Society* or be recommended by such a member
• be an Early Career Scientist**
• be an Active Microbiologist
• be presenting author at the meeting (oral or poster)

*Find out if your society is a FEMS Member at https://fems-microbiology.org/member-societies/ 
**These are active microbiologists who obtained the highest academic degree - Bachelor, Master or PhD - less than five years prior to the application deadline date, or are a Master or PhD student. Periods of maternity/paternity leave, special leave or illness do not count toward this definition.

Application process

• Tick the participation at the FEMS grant application when submitting your abstract
• Fill out and sign the meeting grant application form
• Upload the application form during the abstract submission process until 20 February 2023

Additional benefits
As a FEMS Member Society member, you can:

• benefit from the grant provided for this meeting (see Eligibility above)
• apply for a range of other FEMS Grants
• benefits/discounts off the registration fee for FEMS Congresses/Conferences
• benefit from a 25% discount off a selection of Oxford University Press books