The ESCoP Travel Funding is a grant aimed at supporting graduate students to attend the conferences organized by the Society. In each conference year, the society aims to award up to 15 grants to support active participation of graduate students in ESCoP Conferences. The travel grant funding should be used to cover conference fee and other expenses. The base value of the grant is €500, but an additional €500 can be requested by students from not-high income or developing countries (see list of eligible countries in the last subsection of this page) or that can demonstrate financial needs. Preference will be given to ESCOP associate members.

The application should be sent in .pdf format to the ESCoP Secretary. The document should contain the following:

• A 1-page CV detailing the applicant’s name, contact information, institution, ESCOP membership status, country, thesis supervisor, thesis topic, and a short summary of relevant research experience (150 words, particularly detailing efforts to do quality research, e.g., adherence to open science practices). The CV should explicitly include a sentence indicating if the student wants to be considered for the additional funds due to being from a not-high income country or financial needs (please also consider sending us any supporting documents that you deem appropriate to substantiate your claim).
• Submitted ESCOP abstract (and all relevant details such as title and authors and it is part of a symposium) – abstract acceptance is a prerequisite for being awarded the grant and it will be checked by the program committee before the decision.
• An extended research summary (800-words limit + a maximum of 2 Figures or Tables) that explains your research in more detail and how it fits within the topics of ESCoP.
• A networking plan (2-page, single-spaced, 12-point font) with a summary of a networking plan and its relevance to the applicant's research program. A networking plan is to identify one or two target senior scientists that the applicant has arranged to meet during the conference. It should describe specific goals to be accomplished during these meetings with the targeted scientist/s (e.g., develop a collaboration, exchange research ideas, receive input on experiments, a grant proposal or a manuscript) and applicants are expected to have contacted them before the conference.

Deadlines depend on abstract submission schedule and will be announced before the ESCoP Conference. The Committee will examine the proposals within a month of the abstract submission deadline.

2025 Call

The Call for Travel Grant submissions for the ESCOP2025 in Sheffield is open. Applications should be sent until 30th of June 2025 to ESCoP Secretary.

List of eligible (not-high income) countries:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Albania, Angola, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte D’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of), Kosovo, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Asia, South Sudan, Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania (United Republic of), Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.