COST Action FP0901 Analytical Techniques Biorefinery

At DC11 DC FPS decided that it would like to receive applications for one to two of the 2012 budget year DC Conference Grant for Early Stage Researchers by *1 April 2011* for conferences that will take place between 2 June and 31 December 2011. It is foreseen that one to two of the three CGESR available for the 2012 budget year will be awarded.

CGESRs can only be applied for by Early Stage Researchers (maximum PhD + 8 years) who will present at the conference (ie not for conference attendance alone).

Further details regarding the CGESR instrument can be found under Section 11 (page 64) of the COST Vademecum PAYG version
http://www.cost.esf.org/module/download/8320.

The application process requires:

1. The applicant sends to the Action Chair an email with the
following attachments:

a. Personal data and short scientific CV of applicant

b. Short description of involvement in the respective COST Action

(300 words)

c. Relevant data on Conference to which the applicant wants to
participate,

d. Copy of Abstract submitted to the Conference,

e. Proof of acceptance of Abstract by the Conference;

2. The Action Chair forwards this email to fps(at)cost.eu along with a statement of support (note the email).

3. The applications are assessed by the Core Group of the FPS Domain Committee

4. The COST Office informs applicants of the outcome of the DC’s assessment process and negotiates the Grant Letter and Payment Request Form with the successful applicant.

The assessment framework used by DC FPS is as follows:

Criterion	1	2	3
Earliness of ESR	PhD + 6-8 years	PhD + 3-6 years	PhD stu/PhD + 1-3 years
Distance to be travelled	Europe	Asia/Africa/ N America	S America/ Oceania
Coherence with goals of Action	Moderate	Strong	Extreme
Previous international experience	Significant	Moderate	None/minimal
"Balance" - ie number of similar (eg Forestry/Wood/Paper) grants made already this budget year	Grant already made in same area (eg F/W/P) this BY	No grant in same area (eg F/W/P) this BY	No grants in same area (eg F/W/P) this or last BY

A deadline will be announced later (it is anticipated to be 1 October 2011) for applications for conferences that take place between 1 January and 1 June 2012.

In case you are interested to know the outcome of the previous round:

Six applications were received by the deadline of 1 February 2011,
Following assessment of the applications by the Core Group of DC
FPS the final remaining CGESR for the 2011 budget year was awarded to Anna Dupleix (FR) of FP0904.

Conference grant for early stage researcher