Call for COST conference grant for early-stage researchers

The COST instrument “Conference Grant for Early-Stage Researchers” (ESR) provides direct financial support for the participation of early-stage researchers in international conferences as a means of capacity-building.

Please find in attachment the call and the application form. Only one application per Action can be submitted to the COST Office. In case several applications are submitted, the chair and the vice chair of the Action will select one candidate. Their decision will then be confirmed by the steering group.

Please note that:
- the conference grant should be used for a conference outside the activities of our Action.
- the COST Office has revised its definition of ESR. PhD students are no longer considered as ESR, and therefore are not eligible to conference grants. As of now the COST Office only defines an Early Stage Researcher as "PhD plus 8 years".

The application should be submitted to the chair of the Action, Geoffroy Patriarche (patriarche @ fusl.ac.be), by Wednesday 17 October 2012.

Further information about the application can be requested to Andreas Obermaier, COST Science Officer, at: andreas.obermaier@cost.eu