Student Resources

Bursaries

Each CAPSM society provide their own bursaries to help delegates make attending APMC 2025 more affordable. Should you wish to be considered for a bursary, please select the society from the dropdown menu and follow the instructions for applying.

Low Social Economic CAPSM Member States

We are excited to announce the availability of additional financial support for attendees facing significant socioeconomic hardships at the 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress (APMC13), which will be held in Brisbane from February 2-7, 2025.

We are offering an extra $250 bursary to support up to 25 individuals who are presenting an abstract at the conference. This additional bursary is intended to help cover costs related to registration, travel, or accommodation. 

To qualify for this bursary, applicants must:

1. Be a presenting author of a talk or poster at APMC13.

2. Submit a compelling application demonstrating both the scientific quality of their abstract and financial need.

The selection committee will prioritize research higher degree students (RHDS), early career researchers (ECR) (within 5 years of completing their PhD), and junior technical staff (JTS) (within 5 years of starting their role) who have indicated limited access to other funding sources. The committee will also ensure a fair selection process that considers gender, ethnicity, and affiliation with CAPSM member countries.

Application deadline is September 28, 2024
Successful Applicants will be notified on October 4, 2024.

Letter Template for Requesting Funding from your Institution/Workplace/Local Society

If you are a student looking for financial assistance from your institution, workplace or local society to assist with travel and other expenses generated by attending APMC 2025, we have created a letter requesting financial support that can be used. Please click on the button below to access the template.

Contact details for all CAPSM member societies are listed on the right-hand side.

  • Purpose

    • The Canadian Foundation for the Development of Microscopy (CFDM) will contribute towards travel expenses of university students to participate in conferences and workshops on microscopy or with significant microscopy content in Canada or abroad.

    Eligibility

    • Any student, undergraduate, master’s, doctoral or postdoctoral, full time or part-time, who is attending a Canadian university is eligible, but priority will be given to graduate students.

    • The CFDM bursary can be combined with other travel awards, such as a travel assistance offered by a conference organizing committee, up to the total cost of event attendance. Merit awards can be accepted in addition to the travel awards.

    Application requirements

    • The application must be based upon original research of the applicant.

    • Applicants should submit the following documents:

      • CFDM bursary application form completed on the MSC-SMC website;

      • Cover letter specifying eligibility for the bursary, significance of the research, applicant’s contributions to the project, and any other considerations relevant to the bursary (the cover letter should not exceed a length of two pages);

      • Abstract, including figures, written and formatted according to the conference requirements (conference applicants);

      • Explanation of how this activity will benefit the applicant’s research submitted on a separate page or included in the cover letter (workshop or other training applicants);

      • The cover letter and the abstract (conference applicants) or the explanation (workshop or other training applicants) in a single pdf file must be attached on the application form page;

      • A letter of reference from the applicant’s supervisor should be sent separately and should include comments on the involvement of the applicant in the research described in the application as well as the applicant’s potential as a future research professional. The letter should be submitted electronically before the application deadline to Dr. Zygmunt J. Jakubek, Chair of CFDM at the following e-mail address: Zygmunt.Jakubek@nrc.ca.

    • Confirmation of receipt of the application package will be sent electronically.

    Evaluation criteria

    The Board of the CFDM will review the applications according to the following criteria:

    • Scientific merit,

    • Significance of the research,

    • Creativity,

    • The letter of reference.

    Financial information

    • The travel expenses that can be reimbursed are registration, airfare, train tickets, public transportation, accommodation and meals (see Appendix for details).

    • The amount of the bursary cannot exceed the real travel expenses and is limited to $1,000 in Canadian currency per recipient for travel within Canada and $1,500 in Canadian currency for international travels.

    • Original receipts for the travel expenses must be submitted for award of the bursary.

    Deadline

    There are two competitions each year with the following application deadlines:

    • Spring competition – March 31st (extended deadline of May 31st applies in a year when the MSC-SMC meeting is jointly held with MSA and MAS as a part of the Microscopy & Microanalysis meeting). For the spring competition, priority will be given to participation in the MSC-SMC or jointly held M&M meeting.

    • Fall competition – November 30th.

    In all cases, the bursary should be used within one year of the award.

    Notification

    The CFDM will announce the winners of the bursaries shortly after the application deadline on the MSC website and social media. The winners and their supervisors will also be notified by e-mail.

    Click here for the MSC-SMC website for more details.

  • AMMS bursaries for the 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress (APMC13) in Brisbane Feb 2-7 2025

    We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress (APMC13) travel bursaries offered by the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (AMMS), from all Facility and Industry staff (both technical and academic) and researchers who are current AMMS members. Applicants are encouraged to be presenting authors of talks, posters or to be involved in delivering a workshop at the APMC13 conference in Brisbane 3-7 Feb 2025. Bursaries will be awarded based on the scientific quality of the abstract (if submitted), workshop involvement and/ the applicant’s track record (i.e., employment history or publication record) as appropriate. The selection committee may give priority to research higher degree students (RHDS), early career researchers (ECR) (within 5 years of being awarded their PhD at time of conference), junior technical staff (JTS) (within 5 years of commencing employment in this role at time of conference) and MCRs (within 5-15 years of being awarded their PhD at time of conference), particularly where the applicant has indicated that they have no other source of funds or supporting funds. In addition, the selection committee will endeavour to select awardees equally based on gender, ethnicity and their affiliation with the various AMMS Special Interest Groups (SIG).

    Approximately 30 bursaries will be awarded to cover the cost of a regular early-bird registration and partially cover travel and/or accommodation costs for interstate/international delegates. A sliding scale will be applied depending on location of your institution, with the bursary covering the registration fee plus up to AU$500.

    How to Apply & Who is Eligible:

    All applicants must be financial members of AMMS at the time of the application (2024) and time of the conference (2025). If you are not currently a member you will need to join before sending in your bursary application. You can do that by completing the online membership form on the AMMS web site (https://microscopy.org.au).

    To be eligible for a bursary you must register for APMC13 before the early bird registration deadline (29th November 2024). If you can submit an abstract as presenting author, please do this through the conference web site (https://www.apmc13-2025.org/) before the submission date (2nd November 2024).

    To apply for a bursary, you must submit the following information to the AMMS Secretary (secretary.amms@microscopy.org.au) by Friday November 29th, 2024:

    1. A cover letter to clarify your status with proof that you meet the criteria for an AMMS bursary (all status must be correct at the time of the conference) and the reason for the bursary application

    2. A 2-page CV, including:

      a. Contact Details
      b. Educational Background
      c. Employment History

    1. A copy of the abstract or workshop outline submitted (or to be submitted) to APMC13, as appropriate. 

    2. A letter of support from your supervisor and/or manager.

    Successful applicants will be notified by Wednesday 4th December 2024. To receive your bursary, you will be required to provide a copy of their registration and travel invoices, and suitable bank details to the AMMS Treasurer during the conference (Feb 2-7 2025) or after the conference for reimbursement.

    Visit AMMS website for more details.

  • We are pleased to announce four travel bursaries offered by the Committee of Asia Pacific Societies for Microscopy.

    Applicants are encouraged to be presenting authors of talks or posters at APMC13. Bursaries will be awarded based on the scientific quality of the abstract and financial need for the bursary .

    The selection committee will give priority to research higher degree students (RHDS), early career researchers (ECR) (within 5 years of being awarded their PhD at time of conference), junior technical staff (JTS) (within 5 years of commencing employment in this role at time of conference) particularly where the applicant has indicated that they have no other source of funds or supporting funds. In addition, the selection committee will endeavour to select awardees equally based on gender, ethnicity and their affiliation with the various CAPSM country of origin.

    Four bursaries will be awarded to cover the cost of a regular early-bird registration and partially cover travel and/or accommodation costs. The total bursary amount will be USD $1,000.

    How to Apply & Who is Eligible:

    All applicants must be from member/associated members societies of CAPSM (see CAPSM.org for details).

    Application deadline is the 22nd of September 2024

    To apply for a bursary, you must submit the following information to the AMMS Secretary (secretary@capsm.org) by Friday September 22nd, 2024:

    1. A cover letter to clarify your status with proof that you meet the criteria for an AMMS bursary (all status must be correct at the time of the conference) and the reason for the bursary application

    2. A 2-page CV

    3. A copy of the abstract or workshop outline submitted (or to be submitted) to APMC13, as appropriate.

    4. A letter of support from your supervisor/manager.

    Successful applicants will be notified by Friday 30th of September 2024. To receive your bursary, you will be required to provide a copy of your registration and travel invoices, and suitable bank details to the Treasurer of CAPSM during the conference (Feb 2-7 2025) or after the conference for reimbursement.

    Visit the CAPSM website for more details.

  • How to Apply:

    - All applicants must be from CAPSM member or associated member societies.

    - The application deadline is September 28th, 2024.

    - To apply, please send the following to the AMMS Secretary (secretary@capsm.org) by the deadline:

       1. A cover letter detailing your eligibility and reasons for applying.

       2. A 2-page CV.

       3. A copy of the abstract or workshop outline submitted (or to be submitted) to APMC13.

       4. A letter of support from your supervisor or manager.

    Successful applicants will be notified by October 4th, 2024. To receive the bursary, you must provide proof of registration and travel expenses along with your bank details to the CAPSM Treasurer during or after the conference for reimbursement. Successful applicant can still register after the 4th at the super early bird rate minus the $250AUD granted.

    This initiative is designed to ensure that talented researchers facing financial hardships have the opportunity to participate and share their work at APMC13. We look forward to your applications and seeing you in Brisbane!

    Applications should be sent to:

    - the Secretary of CAPSM – Prof. Eric Hanssen - ehanssen@unimelb.edu.au

    - and ccd in addition to Aileen Lozie - aileen.l@asnevents.net.au – to your application mail.

CAPSM Member Society Contact Details