NEW! Young Researchers and Innovators Conference Grants

The 1st Call for Young Researcher and Innovator Conference Grants of CYPHER – CA22151 accepts applications to be submitted from January 17th to January 31st for the period from February 1st, 2025, to May 31st, 2025.

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.

Currently, CYPHER calls for applications targeting participation at conferences that will take before May 31^st, 2025.

General Instructions for all participants:

To apply for this call, follow the steps below: 

• Obtain the agreement of the host institution. 
• The applicant should start an YRI Conference application by logging into e-COST: https://e-services.cost.eu/.
• Go to COST Actions, on the left panel. 
• Go to Grant Applications, again, on the left panel.
• Click on the “+ Apply for grant” button located on the bottom right.
• Select YRI Conference grant.
• Select the COST Action CA22151
• Fill in the required information
• Save the information

For the next steps, you will need to upload the following documents:

• YRI Conference Grant application form (you can download this through the system).
• CV (including a list of academic publications, if any).
• Short description of your involvement in the CYPHER COST Action.
• Acceptance letter from the conference organizers (confirming either your speaking slot or your poster presentation).
• A copy of the abstract or poster submitted to the conference.

Application Timeline

🎤 Open of call: January 17th, 2025.

🛑 Deadline for application: January 31st, 2025.

🗓️ The Conference must take place between February 1st and May 31^st, 2025.

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 before February 15th, 2024. 

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: Aurélie Bellemans at aurelie.bellemans@vub.be, or contact us at cypher.costaction@gmail.com