Call for ITC, YRI and DC Conference Grants!

Conference Grants Call of CYPHER CA22151 accepts applications to be submitted from February 13th to February 28th for the period from March 1^st, 2026, to May 31^st, 2026.

ITC Grants

The ITC Conference grants funds for an oral presentation of their own work within the scope of the Action by an Action Participant affiliated with a legal entity located in an Inclusiveness Target Country / Near Neighbour Country in a high-level conference fully organized by a third party, i.e. not organized nor co-organized by the COST Action.

General Instructions for all participants:

YRI Grants

YRI Conference grant funds a presentation (poster/oral presentation) of their own work by a Young Researcher and Innovator (YRI) under the age of 40 in a high-level conference fully organized by a third party, i.e. not organized nor co-organized by the COST Action.

General Instructions for all participants:

Dissemination Conference (DC) Grants

Dissemination Conference Grants support the participation of Action participants in high-level conferences to present the work of the Action. (Only apply to this if you aim to disseminate about the action)

Currently, CYPHER calls for Dissemination Conference Grants applications targeting participation at conferences that will take place before May 31st, 2026.

General Instructions for all participants:

Application Timeline

🎤 Open of call: February 13th, 2026.

🛑 Deadline for application: February 28th, 2026.

🗓️ The Conference must take place between March 1st, 2026 and May31st, 2026.

Eligibility Criteria:

The CYPHER Evaluation Committee will evaluate all applications in the light of the objectives of the Action Grant Period. 

The eligibility criteria are:

• Does the conference (or topic of the panel etc.) fall within the remit of CYPHER?
• Is the topic of the conference proposal within the remit of COST Action CYPHER and will it likely make a significant contribution to the debates within the action?
• Is the proposal internally coherent, logical, with a clearly discernible structure?
• Is the presentation likely to make a significant contribution to the candidate’s scientific and professional development?
• Preference will be given to papers being submitted to conferences with competitive peer review.
• Gender balance will be taken into account.

The evaluation will be carried out by the Grant Awarding Coordinator with an evaluation committee and the decision will be communicated to the applicant by early March 2026. 

If you still have any doubts about the eligible expenses that can be claimed, the appropriate supporting documents, or how to complete the OTRR, please contact the Grant Awarding Coordinator: Salvatore Iavarone salvatore.iavarone@centralesupelec.fr, or contact us at cypher.costaction@gmail.com