Fellowships

The European Society for Photobiology is pleased to announce that also this year a number of fellowships are available to attend the 21^st Congress of the Society that will be held from 24^th to 28^th August 2025 in Bari. Applications are reserved to senior scientists, early-stage researchers, Post-docs and PhD students from less privileged countries.

The successful candidate will be provided with 100% registration fee waiver and a complimentary ESP membership until December 31^st, 2026 will be also be included in the fellowship.

The decision of the Education and Training Committee is unappealable.

Eligibility criteria:

• The applicant must be a PhD student or Post-Doc (less than 35 years old).
• The applicant must be an active ESP member in 2025.
• The applicant’s supervisor must be ESP member in 2025.
• The applicant must submit an abstract to the Congress. The full list of symposia is available at the following link the >full list of symposia.
• The applicant must submit an abstract to the conference of interest.
• To become ESP member please go to the page: Membership Application/Renewal

Application contents:

1. A letter of application from the applicant.
2. A Statement of Purpose justifying how participation in this conference will support future career goals.
3. A concise CV of the applicant.
4. A letter of recommendation from the supervisor.
5. A copy of the abstract submitted to an ESP congress.

Applicants are kindly requested to merge the above listed documents (Application contents) in a single PDF file. (Many freeware web applications are available for this purpose: search for "merge combine pdf").

Submission of applications:

The deadline for application is May 31^st, 2025.

Please go to https://www.photobiology.eu/esp-travel-fellowship to submit your application to the ESP Education and Training Committee.

For any question about the submission procedure, please contact ESP technical support.