Travel Support for the Biomedical Imaging 2026 Course in Australia

Brisbane, Australia

Event: Global BioImaging Biomedical Imaging 2026 Course

Dates: November 23-25, 2026 (3 full days)

Location: Brisbane, Australia

Venue: Translational Research Institute (TRI)

Overview of Travel Support for Attendees

Purpose

Global BioImaging is providing a limited number of travel grants for successful applicants who do not have institutional travel support to attend this course.

Any eligible person (see prerequisites for application below) from around the globe is welcome to apply. The selection process will prioritize diversity among applicants and ensure global equitable access. Additionally, our approach will emphasize maximizing regional and national diversity among travel grantees. The number of travel grantees from the same country will be limited and only one applicant may be selected from the same institution.

Please note: To ensure the fair distribution of travel grants, if you have been awarded a travel grant by Global BioImaging within the 18 months prior to November 23, 2026, you are not eligible to apply for a travel grant

For US-based applicants: Please note that we are unable to provide travel grants to individuals who wish to travel to or from the US due to funding regulations

Prerequisites

  • You are employed by a nonprofit research institution (institute, university, etc.)
  • You work in one of the following:
    • A biomedical imaging core facility as an imaging core facility professional (director, manager, or staff)
    • A research lab with biomedical imaging as a central focus where you provide access to and/or training in biomedical imaging modalities to researchers in your institution or other institutions
  • To ensure the fair distribution of travel grants, if you have been awarded a travel grant by Global BioImaging within the 18 months prior to November 23, 2026, you are not eligible to apply

Travel grant overview

Amount per travel grant:

  • For successful applicants based outside of Australia, each travel grant is USD 2,000
  • For successful applicants based in Australia, each travel grant is AUD 1,000
  • All eligible expenses will be reimbursed up to the limit specified above following the course dates

The travel grant can be used to cover the following eligible expenses through reimbursement:

  • Round-trip airline ticket
  • Accommodation for the duration of the course
  • Public transportation costs
  • Visa application fees and associated travel to and from the embassy or consulate
  • Transit visa application fees and associated travel to and from the embassy or consulate

For successful travel award grantees: please note you will be expected to attend the entire course, November 23-25, 2026

For US-based applicants: Please note that we are unable to provide travel grants to individuals who wish to travel to or from the US due to funding regulations

Review of travel grant applications: the review will take place after the deadline specified above

Application

The following information is requested in order to apply for a travel grant:

  • Applicant’s role within an institute or imaging facility
  • Applicant’s role within their local, national, and/or regional imaging community
  • How the applicant plans to disseminate the knowledge gained from the course
  • Limited personal information (such as gender) for the purposes of gender balance and anonymized reporting

Application deadline: August 1, 2026

Selection criteria

The selection process will be based on information obtained from the submitted applications. A selection committee will review all travel grant applications and each member of the selection panel will score each application based on the following:

1. Applicant's role at their institute and imaging facility or a laboratory (up to 6 points)

Higher scores will be awarded to applicants who provide training to users of their imaging facility and researchers at their institution.

Suggestions: describe your role in your imaging facility, your daily tasks in a facility

2. Contribution to the local and/or national and/or regional imaging communities (up to 5 points)

Higher scores will be awarded to applicants outlining their contribution to their local, national and/or regional imaging communities.

Further information: Local imaging community: within an institute or university; National imaging community: country-wide; Regional imaging community: two or more countries/region-wide/continent-wide

3. Involvement in user training, course organization, and/or teaching (up to 6 points)

Higher scores will be awarded to applicants outlining their involvement in user training, course organization and teaching.

4. Dissemination of the knowledge gained at the course (up to 3 points)

Higher scores will be awarded to applicants outlining how they would disseminate the knowledge gained at this course to their colleagues and imaging community and how the knowledge gained would be used to improve their imaging facility.

Suggestions: Provide specific examples of how you plan to disseminate the knowledge gained, such as delivering talks or seminars, teaching workshops or courses, and other related activities.

The combined score awarded by all reviewers will be used to rank the applicants.

In the event when two candidates have an identical score, the tiebreaker will be resolved using the following in the order of:

  • The applicant comes from a country not represented by another successful applicant with a higher score
  • The applicant has the most significant potential to disseminate the knowledge gained at the course
  • The applicant is listed first alphabetically by surname