In fact, luck has nothing to do with the application you are applying. Many people I met including PhD students complained about critical committee decisions and some blame on having small scientific experience or encountering intense competition or being located in the third world countries. While some of these comments are actually true, the way to drill your path to a successful travel grant application depends primarily on how to write an impressive covering or motivation letter. During my studies, I have attended many seminars, scientific meetings, and international conferences with travel grants application success of 98% and so far, I can only remember two applications that have been rejected during the last 5 years. In this article, I will walk you through important steps that I believe most of scientific board committees look at in your application and I will try to guide you based on how to work smarter rather than harder and eventually filling up your happy account with scientific pennies.
1. ALWAYS BE IN A GOOD TIME