EDC Travel Grant ISB 2023

Proudly sponsored by the International Society of Biomechanics

The EDC Student Travel Grant is designed to enable students from economically developing countries (EDC) attending ISB 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan. It entails three grants that each comes with a monetary support of up to AU$4.000 for covering the costs of attending ISB 2023.

Requirements: To be eligible for the award, a candidate must be enrolled as a graduate student at an institution that is located in an EDC and have submitted an abstract for ISB 2023. Among the abstracts submitted, a committee of ISB council members will choose three contributions that will be awarded.

Developing Countries Grant Competition

Proudly sponsored by The Biomechanics Initiative (National Biomechanics Day), Tekscan, and the International Society of Biomechanics.

The Developing Countries Grant Competition (DCGC) is designed to award five research projects from EDC biomechanics groups with the purpose to incentive innovative and collaborative activities to develop biomechanics in EDC regions. It entails a certificate and five monetary awards of AU$2.000 each for scientific purposes. The five award winners are expected to give a presentation of their project at the ISB-congress of the same year.

Requirements: Any biomechanics researcher from an EDC is eligible to apply. The principal applicant must be a current financial member of ISB and applications can include non-EDC team members. The proposal must be developed in an EDC. Submit your application by email to Daniel Hahn according to the grant guidelines announced here and the proposal template (below). The application deadline is 17th March (CET). Among the proposals submitted, a committee of ISB council members will choose five contributions that will be awarded.

Important note: Please be aware that you can apply for one EDC grant only.

The list of economically developing countries (EDC)

Low income countries

AFGHANISTAN; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CONGO; DEM.REP., ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; GAMBIA THE; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; KOREA DEM., PEOPLE'S REP.; LIBERIA; MADAGASCAR; MALAWI; MALI; MOZAMBIQUE; NIGER; RWANDA; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SOUTH SUDAN; SUDAN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TOGO; UGANDA; YEMEN; REP.ZAMBIA

Low & middle income countries

AFGHANISTAN; ALBANIA; ALGERIA; AMERICAN SAMOA; ANGOLA; ARGENTINA; ARMENIA; AZERBAIJAN; BANGLADESH; BELARUS; BELIZE; BENIN; BHUTAN; BOLIVIA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BOTSWANA; BRAZIL; BULGARIA; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CABO VERDE; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CHINA; COLOMBIA; COMOROS; CONGO, DEM. REP.; CONGO, REP.; COSTA RICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; CUBA; DJIBOUTI; DOMINICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; EGYPT ARAB REP.; EL SALVADOR; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ERITREA; ESWATINI; ETHIOPIA: FIJI; GABON; GAMBIA, THE; GEORGIA; GHANA; GRENADA; GUATEMALA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; GUYANA; HAITI; HONDURAS; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRAN, ISLAMIC REP.; IRAQ; JAMAICA; JORDAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA: KIRIBATI; KOREA, DEM. PEOPLE'S REP.; KOSOVO; KYRGYZ REPUBLIC; LAO PDR; LEBANON; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; LIBYA; MADAGASCAR; MALAWI; MALAYSIA; MALDIVES; MALI; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MAURITANIA; MAURITIUS; MEXICO; MICRONESIA, FED. STS.; MOLDOVA; MONGOLIA; MONTENEGRO; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; MYANMAR; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; NICARAGUA; NIGER; NIGERIA; NORTH MACEDONIA; PAKISTAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PHILIPPINES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RWANDA; SAMOA; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SENEGAL; SERBIA; SIERRA LEONE; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH SUDAN; SRI LANKA; ST. LUCIA; ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; SUDAN; SURINAME; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TAJIKISTAN; TANZANIA; THAILAND; TIMOR-LESTE; TOGO; TONGA; TUNISIA; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN; TUVALU; UGANDA; UKRAINE; UZBEKISTAN; VANUATU; VENEZUELA, RB; VIETNAM; WEST BANK AND GAZA; YEMEN, REP.; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE

Source World Bank https://data.worldbank.org/country

Please send the proposal document using the message box below.

If you have questions or experience technical problems, please contact:

Daniel Hahn <daniel.hahn@rub.de>