VIRTUAL TRAVEL GRANTS
With the aim to enhance the strength and visibility of Ukraine’s biotech sector, the US-Ukraine Foundation Biotech Initiative provides grants for Ukrainian biotech researchers, professors and students to attend online events (conferences, trade shows, workshops, courses, webinars) that contribute to their professional growth, enhance their and Ukraine's reputation in their respective field, encourage scientific collaboration and technology commercialization.
Recipients are selected on a competitive basis by a review committee in the US.
Applications will be accepted in cycles until funds have been fully allocated.
Grants in the amount of the registration fees are paid directly to the event organizers.
Current cycle application deadline: March 31, 2021
Notification of award: April 2021
Eligibility: Citizens of Ukraine currently residing in Ukraine are eligible to apply
How to Apply:
Email the following documents to: biotech [@] usukraine.org
- Completed application - download here
- CV in English (as a pdf)
Subject: Virtual Travel Grant Application
Filenames:
Your Last Name-Biotech-Virtual-Travel-Grant-Application
(e.g. "Shevchenko-Biotech-Virtual-Travel-Grant-Application")
Your Last Name-CV 2021
(e.g. Shevchenko-CV 2021)
*If the registration deadline for your event falls before or shortly after the application deadline, please indicate so in your submission email.
Visit this page for a growing list of virtual events
Conference posters and presentations by our travel grant recipients
Virtual Travel Grant recipients
- Agrodynamix - BIO IMPACT Digital / September 21-22, 2020
- Malva Doroshenko, National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" / Wellcome Genome Campus Virtual Conference "Epigenomics of Common Diseases" / November 18-20, 2020 / Read more
- Hanna Fotina, Sumy National Agrarian University / EMBO Symposium New Approaches and Concepts in Microbiology - Virtual / July 6-9, 2021
- Iryna Goraichuk, National Scientific Center "Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine" / American Society for Virology (ASV) 40th Annual Meeting / July 19-23, 2021
- Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering (Taras Kazantsev, Tetiana Kyrpa-Nesmiian, Nadiia Matvieieva, Svitlana Pchelovska, Yana Sindarovksa) - Plant Biology Worldwide Summit 2020 / July 27-31, 2020 / Read more
- Oksana Ishchenko, Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy - Immunogenomics of Disease: Accelerating to Patient Benefit (Virtual Conference) / February 10-12, 2021
- Andrii Karpiuk, BIOsens, BIO IMPACT Digital / September 21-22, 2020
- Yelyzaveta Kornieieva, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv - Wellcome Genome Campus Conference "Genome Informatics" / September 14-16, 2020 / Read more
- Lviv Polytechnic University (Kateryna Kniazieva, Anna Krvavych, Romana Petrina, Sofia Suberliak, Diana Zahorodnia) - Plant Biology Worldwide Summit 2020 / July 27-31, 2020 / Read more
- Anatolii Mishchuk, National University of Food Technologies - 20th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering / October 26-28, 2020 / Read more
- Alex Nyporko, Taras Shevchenko University - Plant Biology Worldwide Summit 2020 / July 27-31, 2020 / Read more
- Sofiia Petroshenko, National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine - Wellcome Genome Campus Conference "Genomic Imprinting – from Biology to Disease" / September 28-30, 2020 / Read more
- Oksana Shcherbak, Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics NAAS - 2020 ASAS Virtual Annual Meeting and Trade Show / July 19-23, 2020 / Read more
- Ihor Stepanov, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips Virtual Meeting / May 28, 2020 / Read more
- Dmytro Stepanskyi, Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Wellcome Genome Campus Antimicrobial Resistance – Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies (Virtual Conference) / November 4-6, 2020 / Read more
- Valeriia Svintytska, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" - Wellcome Genome Campus Virtual Conference "Epigenomics of Common Diseases" / November 18-20, 2020 / Read more
- Olha Strilbytska, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian University - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Mechanisms of Aging Meeting (Virtual) / September 22-25, 2020 / Read more
- Ivan Voloshyn, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv - Wellcome Genome Campus Virtual Conference "Epigenomics of Common Diseases" / November 18-20, 2020
- Alina Zayachkivska, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian University - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Mechanisms of Aging Meeting (Virtual) / September 22-25, 2020 / Read more
- Yaroslav Zaplatnikov, Molecular Genetic Laboratory "Diagen" - Wellcome Genome Campus Virtual Course "Genetic Analysis of Population-based Association Studies / September 21-25, 2020 / Read more
- BIO 2020 Digital - Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Danylo Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukrainian Association of Clinical Research and Genomics UA NGO / June 8-12, 2020 / Read more
2020 Travel Grant recipients:
- Rostyslav Blume - Internship at University of Nebraska-Lincoln / Lincoln, NE, USA
- Oleh Lushchak - Mechanisms of Aging Meeting (virtual) / Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA / Read more
- Yuliia Motrenko - Internship at Harvard Medical School / Boston, MA, USA
- Serhii Pankivskyi - Genome Organization & Nuclear Function Meeting (virtual) / Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA / Read more
- Oksana Piven - Genome Engineering: CRISPR Frontiers (virtual) / Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA / Read more
- Anna Shayakhmetova - 3rd World Congress on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology / Singapore
- Vasyl Syrvatka - 29th Rare Earth Research Conference / Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Olha Yaroshko - Plant Genome Stability and Change 2020 / Leiden, Netherlands
- Marichka Zlatohurska - Viruses of Microbes 2020 / Guimaraes, Portugal
- Lidiia Babenko - UEG Week / October 19-23, 2019 / Barcelona, Spain / Read more
- Viktoriya Havryliak - 5th International Conference of Biotechnology, Environment and Engineering Sciences / September 26-27, 2019 / Stockholm, Sweden / Read more
- Tetiana Ivanova - proBIOGAS International – Biogas engineering and operating training with plant visits / September 24 - October 2, 2019 / Stuttgart, Germany / Read more
- Alexander Kyrychenko - Training at the University of Kansas Medical Center / September - December 2019 / Kansas City, MO, USA / Read more
- Oleh Lushchak - 3rd Molecular Biology of Aging Meeting / October 10-12, 2019 / Groningen, Netherlands / Read more
- Alex Nyporko - DNA Responses, Cancer Susceptibilities and Therapies / March 1-6, 2020 / Ventura, CA, USA / Read more
- Bohdan Ostash - Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era / January 12-16, 2020 / San Diego, CA, USA / Read more
- Viktoriia Pyeshkova - 2nd World Congress on Biosensors and Bioelectronics / November 27-28, 2019 / Singapore / Read more
- Anastasiia Rabokon - Introduction to CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing - Design to Analysis / September 3-6, 2019 / Darmstadt, Germany/ Read more
- Yana Sindarovska - 2020 World Congress on In Vitro Biology / June 2020 (virtual)/ Read more
- Kateryna Vus - Precision Health: Molecular Basis, Technology and Digital Health (EMBO workshop) / November 13-16, 2019 / Heidelberg, Germany / Read more
2018 Travel Grant recipients - USUF Emerging Leaders in Biotech:
- Olha Brovarets - 63rd Biophysical Society Meeting / March 2-6, 2019 / Baltimore, MD / Read more
- Volodymyr Shablii - International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting 2019 / June 26-29, 2019 / Los Angeles, CA / Read more
- Svitlana Bilous - IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference / June 23-28, 2019 / Raleigh, NC / Read more
- Marta Semkiv - Synthetic Biology Course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory / July 23 - August 5, 2019 / Cold Spring Harbor, NY / Read more
- Rostyslav Blume - Annual Plant Biology Meeting / August 3-7, 2019 / San Jose, CA / Read more