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Grants in systematics

Student Travel Grant

Students in Switzerland can receive support from the SSS for a trip every year, either to a conference, to study a natural history collection abroad or to do fieldwork! This year, we will again contribute to trips within systematics projects – at the bachelor, master or PhD level.

Conditions

  • being a BSc., MSc. or PhD candidate in a Swiss research institution;

  • having a research project that includes systematics;

  • submitting a talk or a poster to an international or national meeting

  • confirmation of visit of a collection holding institution or of a fieldtrip organisation

  • being a member of the SSS (10 CHF for student)

    Please note that the grant might not cover all your expenses. We plan to support several students, and some years we’ll favour the attendance to a particular meeting. Projects of applicants who do not have financial support from their own institution will be favoured.

    To apply, please send to swisssystematics@gmail.com before 16.05.2025

  1. A description of the project, including an abstract of the presentation or poster, the budget requested and your motivation to attend the meeting or study the collection (maximum 2 pages, in English)

  2. A short curriculum vitae

  3. A letter of support of your supervisor, with indication about the unavailability of internal funding for attending the meeting, visiting the collection holding institution, or organising your field campaign

  4. If you want to visit a collection, a letter of confirmation of hosting from the collection-holding institution you would like to visit (ONLY for projects involving systematic work with specimens