The COST Association has increased our budget and introduced a new networking tool “The Conference Grants”.<\/p>\n
Conference grants<\/a>\u00a0(CG) help\u00a0PhD students and early-career investigators1\u00a0from participating\u00a0Inclusiveness Target Countries<\/a>\u00a0attend international science and technology related conferences\u00a0that are NOT specifically organised by a\u00a0COST Action<\/a>.<\/p>\n Action CA16101 is now launching the call for conference grant application, until dedicated budget exhaustion. Applications need to be made 45 days in advance of the conference event and budget needs to be spent by the end of Grant Period 1 (30th\u00a0April 2018).<\/p>\n In order to start an application apply, the applicant encodes a CG application by logging into e-COST and clicking on the ITC Conference Grants tab and fills in the requested fields. This implies that applicants must register a profile with\u00a0e-COST<\/a>. Information on the process to follow to submit an application can be found in Section 3 of the new\u00a0user guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Detailed information on participants\u2019 eligibility, evaluation and selection, financial support, and grant payment procedures can be found in Section 8 of\u00a0the COST Vademecum<\/a>.<\/p>\n Evaluation of the applications will be undertaken by the Chair of the Action’s MC Dr\u00a0Simona\u00a0Francese Sheffield Hallam University, UK (s.francese@shu.ac.uk).<\/p>\n The Management Committee has decided that evaluation will be made case by case on the following criteria:<\/p>\n \n\n
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\nPayment of the GRANT is subjected to the submission of the report within 30 days from the end date of the Conference in question<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n