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Grants for journalists attending the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Funded to Inselhalle Lindau, Germany)

by OFA

Application Deadline: April 15th 2018

Journalists who would like to cover the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting may apply for travel grants. This year’s meeting, which is dedicated to physiology and medicine, will take place 24–29 June 2018 in the Inselhalle Lindau. The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings will compensate accommodation for four nights and transportation costs of grant recipients.

The 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

The 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is dedicated to physiology and medicine. Key topics will include the circadian clock, genetic engineering, science in a post-factual era and science publishing. This year, 600 young scientists from all over the world will meet 42 Nobel Laureates, including some of the most recent recipients of the Nobel Prize (find the complete list of participating laureates here).

The programme will include numerous lectures, panel discussions, Agora Talks, master classes and a poster session. In addition, there will be plenty of opportunities for informal exchange with the meeting participants on the fringes of the sessions as well as during the social events. The organisers of the meeting can arrange interview appointments for journalists with laureates, young scientists and guests. The meeting programme will be available online from April 2018.

The programme will include numerous lectures, panel discussions,Agora Talks, master classes and a poster session. In addition, there will be plenty of opportunities for informal exchange with the meeting participants on the fringes of the sessions as well as during the social events. The organisers of the meeting can arrange interview appointments for journalists with laureates, young scientists and guests. The meeting programme will be available online from April 2018.
Requirements:
Application for the Travel Grant
  • The application is open to all journalists worldwide.
You are asked to submit:
• A letter of motivation stating
o your specific interest in the meeting and its participants
o how you are planning to cover the meeting (the type and extent of the work you will produce)
the media outlet where you aim to publish your article/piece
• A CV listing your professional experience and your current position
• 2–3 samples of work
• If you would like us to arrange interviews with specific meeting participants, please let us know

 

Applicants will be notified of the results by the end of April.
Please submit your application documents in a single PDF file to:
Gero von der Stein
Head of Communications
Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Grants for journalists attending the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

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AGBOR AYUK May 27, 2019 - 8:31 am

I am a journalist in Nigeria and will like to be at the upcoming Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting , this will affort me the opportunity to network with other great and senior journalist in the world
My focus is to enhance my investigative journalism and am sure that this event will give me the golden opportunity to meet some experience journalist

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