AMSI Travel Grants

1. AMSI Travel Grants provide full or partial support for mathematical sciences and related discipline students enrolled at an AMSI Member University to participate in AMSI Flagship programs (AMSI Summer School, AMSI Winter School, AMSI BioInfoSummer).

Female, First Nations and regional, rural and remote students are strongly encouraged to apply

2. Applicants must be:
(a) Enrolled in a mathematical sciences or related discipline degree at an AMSI Member University
(b) Registered to attend the full AMSI BioInfoSummer program in person

Preference will be given to applicants from mathematics and statistics departments, however, students from related disciplines are invited to apply with the support of the AMSI Member representative at your university.

3. Funding is available for:
(a) Delegate travel from their home city to the conference city and/or
(b) Accommodation in the conference city for up to 4 nights

Funding is awarded to a capped amount for each item requested.

The grant does not cover registration fees, daily expenses (e.g. groceries, toiletries, taxis, Ubers etc.) and incidental costs.

4. Applicants can receive only one AMSI Travel Grant in any one-year/12-month period

Note:

• This application does not guarantee funding.
• You are expected to explore funding support available to you from your home university to supplement AMSI support. Please speak to your supervisor and/or Head of School to request their support.
• We reserve the right to allocate a lower level of funding than originally requested.
• Unsuccessful applicants reliant on grant funding for attendance will receive a full registration fee refund.
• Students from international universities are encouraged to attend AMSI BioInfoSummer, but there are currently no grants available to assist with costs.

5. Applications may be submitted at any time before the deadline and will be considered according to the schedule outlined.

6. To complete your application the following information is required:

• Applicant details
• Type/s of funding requested (travel/accommodation)
• Budget outline
• Why you want to participate in AMSI BioInfoSummer (max 200 words)
• How participating in AMSI BioInfoSummer will benefit your skills development and career (max 200 words)
• Details of other funding (max 200 words)
• A PDF letter of support from your current supervisor, honours coordinator or head of mathematical sciences clearly stating that they support your application for this grant and what funding support your home university is able to offer.

7. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis, taking into account the overall benefit to the applicants. AMSI or the Event Director may seek additional input as needed.

8. In applying for an AMSI Travel Grant applicants agree:
(a) that their name, photo and/or biography can be published on the event website, and for other AMSI reports and promotional material
(b) to submit a short event report within 30 days post-event for use in AMSI reports, websites, newsletters and other promotional material. A report template will be provided by AMSI. You can view previous grant recipient reports at rhed.amsi.org.au/grant-recipients/
(c) to complete the post event feedback survey

9. Recipients must participate fully in the program that funding is received for.

10. The AMSI Travel Grant is paid post event after full attendance is confirmed by the AMSI BioInfoSummer Event Director.

Funding is awarded to a capped amount for each item requested.

The attendee must submit tax invoices for the agreed items to their home university to arrange reimbursement. The university produces an invoice to claim the reimbursement from AMSI.

The invoice should be sent to events@amsi.org.au and include the following details:

• Name of the grant recipient
• Date and full name of the event
• Receipts/tax invoices relating to all expenses

Note: It is the applicants’ responsibility to check their university guidelines before booking travel