Travel Awards
The CRBS offers travel awards that allow M.Sc. students, Ph.D. students, and post‐docs under the supervision of a CRBS member PI to present their work at a national or international meeting, to participate in a workshop related to their research, or to conduct on-site research in the lab of a collaborator. In addition, Research Assistants and Associates affiliated with a CRBS facility or the lab of a CRBS member are also eligible for certain travel awards.
CRBS trainees are supported for excellent international training & dissemination opportunities. CRBS Travel Awards help defray the costs of attending specialized external training courses, conferences and workshops. Applications for awards are evaluated by the Awards and Training Committee for the trainees’ potential to obtain maximal benefit from the course or conference, and to transfer benefit back to the local community. For conferences, trainees must present original research in the form of a talk or poster. At the mini-symposium session, trainees will report on the most exciting aspects of research presented at the conference or some of the latest methodological developments discussed at the course. Thus the CRBS training community can all benefit from the trainee’s experience.
Travel award types and descriptions:
CRBS Professional Development Awards: The CRBS will reimburse up to $500 to cover registration-related expenses associated with remote meetings/conferences/workshops.
CRBS Travel Awards: The CRBS will offer Travel Awards of up to $1,500 to help cover flights (economy fare), lodging, and/or registration expenses associated with in-person meetings/conferences/workshops.
CRBS Collaborating Scholar - Graduate Mobility Awards: Several awards are available, up to $1,500/month, up to 8 months. These awards are only available for graduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D. students) and conference travel is not an eligible expense. Trainees selected by CRBS must then submit a dossier (“application”) to GPS at least 6 weeks before date of travel (see https://www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/travel/grad-mobility-award for dossier details).
CRBS Collaborating Scholar - MITACS Globalinks Awards: 2-3 awards of $6,000 are available. These awards are only available for trainees (M.Sc. students, Ph.D. students, and post-docs). Trainees selected by CRBS must then submit a dossier to MITACS at least 16 weeks before date of travel (see https://www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/travel/mitacs-globalink for dossier details).
The next competition will have a deadline in May 2026.
Congratulation to the 2025-2026 awardees.