Applications for the Equal Opportunities Funding bursaries are now closed. We will inform applicants as soon as possible. Unsuccessful applicants will have the opportunity to apply in the main application round.
Applicants are welcomed to apply to one of two schemes
Scheme 1: All aspects of the workshop will be funded. No registration fee. Accommodation and travel fees will be covered.
For people who have their home institution based in any of the following countries:
NB We will also accept applications from people who are resident in one of the countries listed below, but are currently in-between contracts.
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Dem.Rep.of the Congo, Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyztan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Scheme 2: Payment of half the registration fee ($975). Accommodation and travel fees will not be covered.
For people who have their home institution based in any of the following countries:
NB We will also accept applications from people who are resident in one of the countries listed below, but are currently in-between contracts.
Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia
Scheme 1 and Scheme 2 applies to Upper-middle-income, Lower-middle-income and Low-income Countries
Source: World Economic Situation and Prospects 2021 Report (pg. 128; United Nations 2021)
Applications will be assessed in partnership with the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) initiative
