Strawberry with phytoplasma disease, courtesy of Annette Dullemans PRI

CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE GRANTS FOR EARLY STAGE RESEARCHERS

Within the COST's strategy towards increased support of Early Stage Researchers (< PhD+8 years) we are invited to offer three Conference Grants (max. 3000 euro each) per year for Early Stage Researchers to participate in an international conference outside the COST Action activities. The Domain Committee of Food and Agriculture has decided to have three collection dates per year with the next collection date being the 15^th of February 2012.

In order to be eligible for the grant an accepted oral presentation is required on a topic of food, animal or plant. The grant can be used to cover travel and subsistence costs, conference fees, and the costs of conference workshops.

Information to be provided by the applicant

- Personal data of applicant (Europass CV)
- Short description of involvement in the respective COST Action (300 words), accompanied by support email by the Chair
- Relevant data on Conference at which the applicant wants to participate
- Copy of Abstract submitted to the Conference
- Proof of acceptance of Abstract by the Conference
- Motivation letter
- Requested amount
- Completion of the attached document entitled ‘summary of ESR Grant Application’

Please email this information to Professor Matt Dickinson at least a week before the deadline: matthew.dickinson@nottingham.ac.uk

Please note that conference grants cannot be awarded retrospectively.

COST OFFICE will inform the applicants about the results by the week starting on 19^th March 2012.

Download application form