Past Grantees

We use the income from our FEMS Journals to support our grants. To date we have given thousands of grants to people from all around the world, to attend meetings (Meeting and Attendance Grants), to train and advance their research (Research and Training Grants), to gain experience in industry (Industry Placement Grants) and to organize microbiology events (Meeting Organizer Grants). 

We are so proud and happy to be able to help so many microbiologists each year to advance their career and gain unique experiences through our grants.  

Additional to financial support, we make sure to keep in touch with our grantees and share their stories in our website and social media to inspire many more microbiologists to apply and benefit from them.

RESEARCH AND TRAINING GRANTEES
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

 

 

 

I applied for the FEMS Research and Training Grant to provide me with funding so I could visit the lab of Professor Antonio Di Pietro and complete the project of environmental sensing in a fungal plant pathogen. With this grant, I wanted to complete the aforementioned project, learn new techniques, and broaden my network. The grant, first of all, helped me to finish this work and publish it soon. During this visit, I have gained new skills and met experts in this field.”Vasileios Vangalis, Society of Mikrobiokosmos

 

The Research and Training Grant gave me the opportunity to obtain research experience abroad, allowed me to network with new people within the same field of interest and allowed me to develop myself as a young ambitious scientist. Furthermore, it gave the opportunity to learn about applied microbiology which led to interesting future perspectives of previously acquired fundamental knowledge. I am therefore very grateful that FEMS gave me this opportunity to develop my skills in applied microbiology and as a scientist in general.’’Tom Rogiers, Belgian Society for Microbiology

 

While the visit was a bit different from ‘normal’ due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a very valuable learning experience where I learned many new techniques and gained a much better understanding of functional profiling of metagenomes. Both my supervisor in Heidelberg (Georg Zeller) and the group members were all very helpful and supportive, for which I would like to thank them! Lastly, I want to of course acknowledge the support of FEMS for making this great opportunity possible and I hope that many other early-career researchers will also be able to profit from this FEMS Research and Training Grant.’’ Quinten Ducarmon, Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology

 

The FEMS Research and Training grant provided me with the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with the top scientists in my field. Additional unexpected benefit of the grant was that it provided me with an opportunity to continue my research in a safe environment after my home institution was heavily damaged in an earthquake.” Klara Filek, Croatian Microbiological Society

 

As a member of a society affiliated to FEMS, I found very fruitful the possibility to spend few months in the host laboratory thanks to the FEMS Research and Training grant. Thanks to all of this, I will be able to complete and publish a research project I have been involved since my PhD” Fabio Giovannercole, Microbiology Society

 

The FEMS Research and Training Grant gave me an excellent opportunity to broaden my horizon by connecting to fellow scientists in the field. FEMS plays a vital role in connecting scientists and ideas by providing an international network.Johanna Burtscher, Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine

 

 

I would like to thank to the FEMS flexibility and support during the grant application process, especially, in this last year with all changes generated by COVID-19.” – Ylenia Jabalera, Spanish Society for Microbiology

 

 

I strongly encourage all young researchers to avail of this invaluable opportunity FEMS offer of promoting collaborative exchange of expertise between international research teams, which can bring new insights and inspiration in future research”  Dr Francesca Bottacini

 

Considering my PhD grant no longer provides support to attend meetings, only with your assistance I would have been able to participate in this meeting” –Sofia Félix, Portuguese Society of Microbiology

 

 

FEMS grants are an excellent opportunity for the mobility of researchers to ensure the transfer of knowledge, best practices and experiencesIvica Dimkić, Serbian society for Microbiology

 

 

I highly ecnourage young researchers to apply for this grant and benefit from the exchange with other international groups that will enrich their personal and professional career” Irene Pèrez, Spanish Society of Microbiology

 

 

Presenting my results allowed me not only to extend my professional network but also to discuss my research with the expertsLianna Poghosyan, Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology

 

 

The FEMS Research and Training Grant enabled my stay, allowing me to benefit from this wonderful opportunity and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience” – George Grimsey, Microbiology Society

 

 

If you are interested in one of our grants please visit the relevant pages: 

FEMS Journals and Open Access

Embracing an Open Future

All but one of the FEMS journals are now fully open access (OA), with one journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters remaining a subscription journal with free-to-publish and OA options. Open access is key to supporting the FEMS mission of disseminating high quality research as widely as possible: when high quality, peer reviewed sound science is open access, anyone, anywhere in the world with an internet connection, can read it.

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