Grants

ECASIA Student Travel Grant

Aims

The scheme is designed to help excellent postgraduate research (PhD) students attend ECASIA conferences at which they are presenting an oral contribution.

The contribution consists of a few grants at the rate of 500€ each. The number of grants depends on the number of accepted contributions from PhD students.

This grant cannot be transferred to another person.

Qualification

  • The abstract with the applicant as the first author must be submitted as an oral presentation.
  • The 1st degree of the applicant must be awarded within 7 years of the start date of the ECASIA conference (i.e. not earlier than 2017).
  • The applicant should be 30 years old maximum.
  • The applicant should be the only one supported from his/her laboratory.

Procedure

Applicants must send the Application files, to the Conference Secretary (ecasia2024@meetx.se), before 31st March 2024.

The Local Organization Committee (LOC) will review the application file and transmit the 6 best applications to the International Steering Committee (ISC) who identify the winners.

The final decision will be announced on the conference website by 1st May, 2024. Individual official offers will also be sent by email. The winners must send to the Conference Secretary a confirmation of his/her attendance before 15th May 15th, 2024 to validate the offer.

The winners will be asked to sign a receipt and prove their identity at the registration desk on site.

Application files

All documents must be in English and submitted by email (ecasia2024@meetx.se).

  • Application form (download here). This document is signed by the applicant.
  • Enrollment Statement (word template here). Official headed notepaper should be used. This document is signed by the supervisor of the PhD student.
  • The abstract of the planned oral conference contribution.
  • A copy of the Degree Certificate.
  • A photographic identity with a date of birth such as a passport

Travel grant winners

Filippo Longo, EMPA, Switzerland
Anastasia Betenkova, EPMA, Switzerland

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