MCEM Travel Grants

1 September 2024 – 30 September 2025

Now open

The Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy is pleased to offer the 2024-25 round of MCEM Travel Grants. These grants aim to financially support Monash University postgraduate students and early career researchers with an MCEM academic supervisor to travel to a conference or a scientific laboratory. The current round is for travelling during the period of 1 September 2024 to 30 September 2025.

Eligibility:

The candidate must be either:

• a Ph.D. student currently enrolled at Monash University, or
• an Early Career Researcher (i.e. PhD conferred less than 5 years before the application date) employed by Monash University.

At least one of the candidate’s supervisors must be a member of MCEM’s academic staff.

Selection Criteria:

The candidate must show evidence that they presented / will present:

• a talk or poster at a conference.
• a seminar during their visit to a laboratory.
• work involving electron microscopy.

Value of Grants:

A maximum of 8 grants valued up to $5000 (international) and up to $2000 (domestic) each will be offered.

Application Process:

The following information should be sent to mcem@monash.edu :

• A cover letter detailing the travel to be supported by the grant.
• A budget indicating incurred costs (for past travel) or estimated costs (for future travel).
• The budget should be supported by receipts (for past travel) or quotes (for future travel).
• Evidence that a talk/seminar/poster was/will be presented.

The successful applicants will be contacted within one month of the application deadline.

These grants are made possible through a generous donation via the Perpetual Foundation.

Application Deadline:

21 February 2025