Travel Award 2025

The CMSZH Travel Award includes a contribution of up to CHF 2000 towards the cost of active participation at an international conference in the fields of Chemical and Molecular Sciences.

Travel Award Sponsors

• Merck
• CMSZH

Rules for the Travel Award 2025

• In 2025 there will be 4 travel awards.
• The prerequisite for participation is a one page application letter and a one page text-based CV. The applicaton does not have to be for a specific conference.
• The jury, consisting of three PIs, selects the top 30% of applicants. The winners of the travel awards are determined from this pool by a lottery.

Requirements

1. PhD member of CMSZH (Deadline Defense 28.03.2025 or later)
2. Application Letter (one page) as pdf:
   o  Why does the applicant want to present her/his research at a conference?
   o  What is the relevance of research for the field, is it beyond state-of-the-art?
   o  What will the applicant gain from presenting at a conference?
   o  The application letter must be signed by the PI to approve the application.
3. CV (one page) as pdf:
   The CV is text-based, new SNSF style, and should outline the three main achievements of
   the candidate at the current stage of their career. No bullet-points.
   These can include (but are not limited to): Research (including relevant
   preprints/publications if available, not necessarily first author), chemistry outreach,
   participation in extracurricular activities (e.g., ICHO), teaching activities and awards. The
   selection is up to the candidate, whatever she/he considers the main achievements that
   she/he is most proud of. It can be research-based only, but also anything else from the
   above list.

4. Deadline of application: 28.03.2025 at 6 pm.

Application

Please upload your application letter and your CVhere.

Awarding of Grants

Till End of April 2025

Grant

Allocation of a budget of up to CHF 2000 to the winner for participation at national and international conferences in the period 1.5.2025 to 1.6.2026.