EMBO Practical Courses provide training in new techniques for researchers and core facility staff, enabling them to implement the techniques in their laboratories. The courses should last between five and ten days and are limited to 25 participants. EMBO provides funding and assists organizers in promoting the courses and creating webpages with a registration and abstract submission system.
EMBO supports the organizers by:
- Creating a dedicated practical course webpage, including registration and abstract submission forms
- Providing a poster and helping to advertise the meeting.
economy travel, accommodation and subsistence costs of the instructors; accommodation and subsistence costs of the students; room hire, audiovisual and IT facilities essential for the course; sufficient consumables for participants to perform experiments during the course, however, it is expected that the venue will have the necessary equipment available; reasonable administration costs grants to aid participants based in countries in need of scientific strengthening.
