Travel grants
Each year, the French Society of Developmental Biology (SFBD) awards travel grants to PhD students (minimum 2nd year of PhD) or young post-doctoral students (less than 2 years of postdoc) members of the SFBD and willing to present their work at international conferences with a poster or an oral presentation.
We also give a bonus for eco-responsible trips avoiding flight travel.
Please note that the same person cannot be awarded the travel grant two years in a row (but people can apply two years in a row if they were not awarded the grant)
How to apply?
The application (in French or English) must include the following information in a single pdf file:
- A CV of two pages maximum mentioning academic and professional background, publications and previous participation to other meetings
- A short letter of no more than one page explaining the choice of the meeting and the relationship with Developmental Biology
- Information on the meeting and the abstract submitted to the congress (one page maximum, in English)
Only SFBD members with a current membership are eligible for a travel grant.
Selection procedure
The selection is made by the SFBD Board based on the submitted pdf file.
- Only applications from SFBD members are eligible.
- The SFBD logo must be displayed in the poster or slideshow.
- At the end of the meeting, a text (1/2 page max.) describing the benefits of participating in the congress must be sent to the SFBD (bourses-voyages@sfbd.fr). It will be published on the website.
APPLICATION FORM
2024 awardees

Enric Bertran Garcia de Olalla
Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flowering – Palermo, Italy
Postdoc with Teva Vernoux, Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des
Plantes, Lyon

Pauline Garcia
EMBO Workshop “Skeletal Muscle Development, Metabolism & Repair during Homeostasis and Disease” Catania, Italy
PhD student with Fabien Le Grand, INMG, Lyon

Coline Hermine
EuroEvoDevo 2024, Helsinki, Finland
PhD student with Marie Manceau, Collège de France, Paris

Virginia Panara
EuroEvoDevo 2024, Helsinki, Finland
Postdoc with Katarzyna Koltowska and Tatjana Haitina, Dept. Of Organismal Biology (Uppsala University) and ISEM (Montpellier)

Zoé Velasquillo Ramirez
EuroEvoDevo 2024, Helsinki
PhD student with Eve Gazave, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris
2023 awardees - European Developmental Biology Conference Scholarships

Stephanie Ibrahim
European Developmental Biology Congress (EDBC 2023), Hub Paris
PhD student with Sonia Stefanovic, Aix-Marseille université, Marseille

Xiaohui Liu
European Developmental Biology Congress (EDBC 2023), Hub Paris
PhD student with Michèle Crozatier and Nathalie Vanzo, CBI, Toulouse

Gabriela Poliacikova
European Developmental Biology Congress (EBDC), Oxford
PhD student with Yacine Graba and Andrew Saurin, UMR 7288, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille

Fabio Sacher
European Developmental Biology Congress (EDBC 2023), Oxford
PhD student with Maëva Luxey and Patick Tschopp, DUW Zoology, Basel

Ronan Quenec’Hdu
European Developmental Biology Congress (EDBC 2023), Oxford
PhD student with Claire Chazaud, Institut Génétique, Reproduction et Développement, Clermont-Ferrand

Zeinab AlKobra Alhajj Hassan
European Developmental Biology Congress (EDBC 2023), Hub Paris
PhD student with Angela Giangrande, IGBMC, Illkirch
2023 awardees

Sarah Chebouti
2023 Myogenesis Gordon Conference, Lucca, Italy
PhD student with Frédéric Relaix and Dr Joana Lima, Development and Stem Cells Group, IMRB, Créteil

Audrey Ibre
Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference, San Diego, California, USA
PhD student with Michel Pucéat, Marseille Medical Genetics, Marseille

Zoé Nemec Vena
10th International Symposium on Root Development, Ghent, Belgium
PhD student with Olivier Hamant and Charlotte Kirchhelle, Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, ENS de Lyon

Rita Andreoni
International Society for Regenerative Biology (ISRB) Vienna, Austria
PhD student with Eric Röttinger, IRCAN, Nice

Sonia Dufour
Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin and other marine invertebrates, Woods Hole MA, United States
PhD student with Jukie Moralès, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff

Meritxell Font Noguera
Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference, Cairns, Australia
PhD student with Magali Suzanne, CBI, Toulouse

Théo Hecquet
24th International C. elegans Conference, Glasgow, Scotland
PhD student with Anne-Cécile Reyman, IGBMC, Illkirch

Julien Lambert
24th International C. elegans Conference, Glasgow, Scotland
PhD student with Sophie Jarriault , IGBMC, llkirch

Elsa Veron
Plant Biology Europe, Marseille
PhD student with Yoan Coudert, Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement de Plantes, ENS Lyon

Aurore Vullien
International Society for Regenerative Biology (ISRB), Vienna, Austria
PhD student with Eva Gazave, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris

Charlotte Mallart
European Drosophila Research Conference, Lyon
Postdoc student with Nicolas Minc, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris

Aurore Pelletier
European Drosophila Research Conference, Lyon
PhD student with Jennifer Zanet and François Payre, CBI, Toulouse

Virginia Zoglio
2023 Myogenesis Gordon Research Conference, Lucca, Italy
PhD student with Frédéric Relaix and Joana Esteves de Lima, IMRB, University Paris-Est Créteil

Laure Mancini
Imaging life: The Future, Montpellier, France
Postdoc with Teva Vernoux and Yoan Coudert, ENS Lyon

Marvin Leria
Unconventional and Emerging Experimental Organisms in Cell and Developmental Biology, Surrey, UK
PhD student with Andrea Pasini et Raphael Clément, IBDM, Marseille

Robin Journot
Imaging life: The Future, Montpellier, France
PhD student with Sylvia Fre, Institut Curie, Paris
2022 awardees

Loïc Bideau
8th conference Euro-Evo-Devo, Napoli
PhD student with Eve Gazave and Michel Vervoort, IJM, Paris


Johnny Bou-Rouphaël
4th International Conference on Stem Cells, Development and Cancer, Lyon
PhD student with Bénédicte Durand, IBPS, Paris

Anna Ferraioli
8th conference Euro-Evo-Devo, Napoli
PhD student with Richard Copley and Evelyn Houliston, IMEV, Villefranche-sûr-mer


Maxence Lanoizelet
8th conference Euro-Evo-Devo, Napoli
Post-doc with Sébastien Darras, BIOM, Banyuls-sur-Mer

Alexis Lebecq
Plant Cell Biology International, at the Orthodox Academy of Crete
PhD student with Marie-Cécile Caillaud, RDP, Lyon

Alice Malivert
International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Belfast
PhD student with Olivier Hamant, RDP, Lyon

Yolanda Moyano Rodriguez
Chromatin Modifications, RNA and Metabolism, Spain
Post-doc with Maud Borensztein, IGMM, Montpellier

Olivier Piau
ISEH 2022 Annual Meeting Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
PhD student with Thierry Jafreddo, IBPS, Paris

Jerome Avellaneda
EMBO Workshop Muscle, Gouvieux
PhD student with Frank Schnorrer and Nuno Luis, IBDM, Marseilles

Ludovica Brunetti
Conférence Jacques Monod – Genetics, environment, signaling, & synaptic plasticity in developmental brain disorders
PhD student with Christine VESQUE, IBPS, Paris

Nicolas Dalle
European Workshop on Plant Chromatin, Czech Republic
PhD student with François Roudier, RDP, Lyon

Marco Gualtieri
Embo Workshop Long-distance cell-cell signalling in development and disease, Exeter UK
PhD student with Pauline Spéder, Institut Pasteur, Paris

Marianne Montemurro
63rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego
PhD student with Magali Suzanne, CBI, Toulouse

Blandine Moucaud
EMBO Workshop Muscle, Gouvieux
PhD student with Cédric Soler, GreD, Clermont-Ferrand


Anne Rosfelter
Developmental Biology of Marine Invertebrates , Woods Hole, MA, USA
PhD student with Alex McDougall, LBDV, Villefranche-sûr-mer

Chiara Tocco
24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, Canada
Postdoc with Michèle Studer, IBV, Nice

Noémie Vilallongue
Gordon Research Conference – Central Nervous System Injury and Repair, à Oxnard, Californie
PhD student with Homaira Nawabi, Institut de Neuroscience, Grenoble

Maelle Bellec
SFBD-JSDB-HFSP meeting, Strasbourg
Post-doc

Amélie Elouin
SFBD-JSDB-HFSP meeting, Strasbourg
PhD student with Nicolas David, Ecole Polytechnique, Saclay

Guerric Gilbert
Transcription & Chromatin, Heildelberg (Allemagne)
PhD student with Lucas Waltzer, GReD, Clermont-Ferrand

Emmanuelle Grall
ISDB 19th International Congress for Developmental Biology
Postdoc with Patrick Tschopp, Switzerland


Yasmine Lund-Ricard
ISDB 19th International Congress for Developmental Biology
PhD student with Julia Morales, SBR, Roscoff

Damien Markus
ISDB 19th International Congress for Developmental Biology
PhD student with Jennifer Zanet, Toulouse


Rosa Nicolas
SFBD-JSDB-HFSP meeting, Strasbourg
PhD student with Delphine Duprez, IBPS, Paris

Sofiane Omerani
ISDB 19th International Congress for Developmental Biology
PhD student with Sophie Bel-Vialar, CBI, Toulouse

Chloe Paka
SFBD-JSDB-HFSP meeting, Strasbourg
PhD student with Karen J. Liu, Guy’s Hospital, London

Soraya Rabahi
ISDB 19th International Congress for Developmental Biology
PhD student with Pedro Hernandez, Institut Curie, Paris

Sulov Saha
ISDB 19th International Congress for Developmental Biology
PhD student with Alice Davy, CBI, Toulouse

Marta Scelzo
EMBO Workshop : The molecular and cellular basis of regeneration and tissue repair
Postdoc with Eric Röttinger, IRCAN, Nice

Subham Seal
SFBD-JSDB-HFSP meeting, Strasbourg
PhD student with Anne-Hélène Monsoro-Burq, Institut Curie, Paris

Fatima Tleiss
ISDB 19th International Congress for Developmental Biology
PhD student with Armelle Gallet, Nice

Gauthier Toulouse
Limb Conference 2022, Harvard University
PhD student with Christophe Marcelle, INMG, Lyon

2021 awardees

Florencia Di Pietro
Annual Drosophila Research Conference from the Genetics Society of America (online)
Postdoc with Yohanns Bellaiche, Institut Curie, Paris

Ségolène Bernheim
Weinstein cardiovascular development and regeneration, Marseille
PhD student with Sigolène Meilhac, Institut Imagine, Paris

Julien Leclercq
International Astyanax Meeting, San Antonio, Texas
PhD student with Sylvie Rétaux, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette

Julia Schaeffer
Central Nervous System Injury and Repair Gordon Conference
Postdoc with Homaira Nawabi, Institut des Neurosciences INSERM U1216, Grenoble

Anaël Soubigou
Euro Evo Devo 2022, Naples
PhD student with Stéphanie Bertrand and Hector Escriva, Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls, Banyuls sur Mer
2021 awardees - Shaping Life 2

Mike Altounian
PhD student, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Jerome Avellaneda
PhD student, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Marion Baraban
PhD student, Laboratoire de biologie du développement (IBPS), Paris

Kévin Bellande
Postdoc at DIversity-Adaptation-plant DEvelopment Laboratory (DIADE), IRD, Montpellier

Maëlle Bellec
PhD student, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM)

Samuel Boscq
PhD student, Marine Biological Station, Roscoff

Johny Bou Rouphael
PhD student, Laboratoire de biologie du développement (IBPS), Paris

Laetitia Bouchard
PhD student, Marseille Medical Genetics (MMG)

Fanny Chazal
PhD student, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Audrey Desgrange
Postdoc, Imagine – Institut Pasteur, Paris

Sana Dieudonné
PhD student, Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, ENS de Lyon

Julie Firmin
PhD student, College de France/Institut Cochin/Institut Curie, Paris

Florence Giger
Postdoc, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College, London

Wenyue Guan
Postdoc, Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon, ENS de Lyon

Julien Leclercq
PhD student, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay

Tomas Legier
PhD student, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Joana Esteves de Lima
Postdoc, Mondor Institut for Biomedical Research (IMRB), Créteil

Lucie Boulgakoff
PhD student, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Alice Malivert
PhD student, Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, ENS de Lyon

Mao Qiyan
Postdoc, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Grégoire Mathonnet
PhD student, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch

Ismael Morin-Poulard
Postdoc, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCD) / Center of Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse

Rosa Nicolas
PhD student, Laboratoire de biologie du développement (IBPS), Paris

Marcia Mesquita Peixoto
PhD student, Pasteur Institute, Paris

Olivier Piau
PhD student, Laboratoire de biologie du développement (IBPS), Paris

Corentin Porada
PhD student, Marseille Medical Genetics (MMG)

Clément Rodier
PhD student, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Micaela Roque
PhD student, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Sulov Saha
PhD student, Center for Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse

Marta Scelzo
Postdoc, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer (LBDV)

Markus Schliffka
PhD student, Institut Curie

Prune Smolen
PhD student, Institut de biologie Valrose (iBV), Nice

Baptiste Tesson
PhD student, ENS de Lyon

Ioannis Theodorou
PhD student, Marine Biological Station, Roscoff

Jorge Torres Paz
Postdoc, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay

Yushun Tian
PhD student, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Toulouse

Axelle Wilmerding
PhD student, Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille (IBDM)

Antoine Zalc
Postdoc, Mondor Institut for Biomedical Research (IMRB), Créteil

Marie Zilliox
PhD student, Center for Integrative Biology (CBI), Toulouse
2020 awardees

Arthur Boutillon
Shaping Life 2, grant postponed for 2021 (Covid19)
2nd year PhD student with Nicolas David, Laboratoire Optique et Biosciences, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau

Benoit Godard
Shaping Life 2, grant postponed for 2021 (Covid19)
Postdoc with Alex McDougall, Institut de la mer de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer

Lisa Calvary
Shaping Life 2, grant postponed for 2021 (Covid19)
2nd year PhD student with Vincent Mirouse, CBRC, Clermont-Ferrand

Emmanuelle Grall
Shaping Life 2, grant postponed for 2021 (Covid19)
3rd year PhD student with Patrick Tschopp, Universität Basel, Switzerland

Sandrine Denaud
Online meeting «Chromatin and Epigenetics» organised by EMBL, 17-20 May 2020
3rd year PhD student with Bernd Schuettengruber, Giacomo Cavalli Team, Institut de Génétique Humaine, Montpellier
2019 awardees

Sandy Al Hayek
Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Dallas, 27-31 March 2019
4th year PhD student with François Payre, Centre de Biologie du Développement, Toulouse

Karine Casier
26th European Drosophila Research Conference, Lausanne, 5-8 September 2019
3rd year PhD student with Laure Teysset, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, Paris

Eva Seipelt
Weinstein Conference, Indiana, 9-11 May 2019
3rd year PhD student with Michel Puceat, INSERM, Marseille

Serena Prigent Garcia
22nd International C. elegans Conference, Los Angeles, 20-24 June 2019
2nd year PhD student with François Robin, IBPS, Paris

Hanane Khoury
1st France-USA Stem cell symposium, Los Angeles, 26-29 June 2019
4th year PhD student with Thierry Jaffredo , UMR 7622 – Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, Paris

Joana Estaves De Lima
78th Annual Meeting of the Developmental Biology Society, Boston, 25-30 July 2019
Postdoc with Frédéric Relaix, INSERM U955, Créteil

Pénélope Darnat
European Developmental Biology Congress, Alicante, 23-26 October 2019
3rd year PhD student with Agnès Audibert, IBPS, Paris

Florence Giger
European Developmental Biology Congress, Alicante, 23-26 October 2019
Postdoc with Corinne Houart, King’s College, London

Mélanie Roussat
European Developmental Biology Congress, Alicante, 23-26 October 2019
3rd year PhD student with Sophie Bel-Vialar, CBI, Toulouse
2018 awardees

Jennifer Durant-Vesga
Transcription and Chromatin EMBL conference, Heidelberg, 25-28 August 2018
2nd year PhD student with Jean-François Riou, IBPS, Paris

Laurent Formery
7th Euro-Evo-Devo Meeting, Galway, June 26-29 2018
4th year PhD student with Jennifer Croce, LBDV, Villefranche-sur-mer

Hereroa Johnston
7th Euro-Evo-Devo Meeting, Galway, June 26-29 2018
4th year PhD student with Eric Röttinger, IRCAN, Nice

Audrey Desgrange
EMBO Workshop “Imaging Mouse Development”, Heidelberg, 24 – 27 July 2018
Post-doc with Sigolène Meilhac, Institut Imagine – Institut Pasteur, Paris

Sarah Dinvaut
Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity Cold Spring Harbour, 25-29 september 2018
3rd year PhD student with Julien Falk, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Lyon

Lea Rambaud-Lavigne
29th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR), Helsinki, 25-29 June 2018
3rd year PhD student with Pradeep Das, RDP, ENS-Lyon

João E. Carvalho
Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, Porto, 7-10 November 2018
FRM Postdoc with Eric Röttinger, IRCAN, Nice

Alexandre Chuyen
Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, Porto, 7-10 November 2018
2rd year PhD student with Andrea Pasini, team Biology of ciliated epithelia, IBDM, Marseille

Anabelle Planques
Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, Porto, 7-10 November 2018
Postdoc with Michel Vervoort, Inst. J. Monod, Paris

Nathan Hervieux
Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Societies for Developmental Biology, Porto, 7-10 November 2018
Postdoc with Benedicte Sanson, Physiology, Development et Neuroscience Department, U. Cambridge.