As part of the IAPS POLICY ON SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS IN RESEARCH MEETINGS, we are very pleased to announce a programme of financial support for IAPS early career researchers who are currently undertaking their Masters or PhD dissertation.  The IAPS board has set aside a budget for the year 2018 to provide financial support for a limited number of early career researchers to cover part of the expenses associated with participating in events such as workshops, seminars, meetings, conferences, or summer courses which are relevant for their training in the field of people-environment studies and related to the themes of the IAPS research networks. Events can be conferences, or part of conferences or symposia.
 
If you wish to apply for financial support for attending an event related to IAPS, then email the President of IAPS, Ricardo García Mira:  ricardo.garcia.mira@udc.es asking for participating in this Call, attaching adequate justification of fulfilling the requirements of participation, as well as the two letters of recommendations from two senior professors/researchers of IAPS.

Budget for Early Career Researcher financial support – 2018

As part of the IAPS general operating budget, a sum of 3000.00 € is set aside with the specific purpose of applying the IAPS POLICY ON SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS IN RESEARCH MEETINGS. The maximum individual payment will be fixed at 500.00 €. Therefore a minimum of 6 early career researchers should be supported in the 2018 period.

 

February, 2018
The IAPS Board

 

IAPS POLICY ON SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS IN RESEARCH MEETINGS

The IAPS POLICY ON SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS IN RESEARCH MEETINGS applies to any summer course, meeting, specific seminar or workshop that has been designed to provide training to students or is a conference or part of a conference or symposium and can be identified with a similar purpose. Priority will be given to providing financial support to early career researchers attending activities that are promoted or organized by IAPS. An early career researcher is someone currently studying for a Masters or PhD qualification, or someone who has graduated with such a qualification within the last 2 years. The IAPS treasurer will assign a budget at the beginning of the period that the policy applies. The budget is set aside to provide financial support to cover the registration fees or other travel or accommodation expenses of the specific scientific activity.  This budget should contain a clause suggesting a maximum for any individual payment.  No monies will be spent any given year without the IAPS board having first agreed this budget.

The procedure for awarding financial support to early career researchers as part of the IAPS POLICY ON SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS IN RESEARCH MEETINGS is as follows:

  1. Candidates must be members of IAPS and have their fees paid for the period in which financial assistance is being sought.
  2. Applications for financial support shall be submitted to IAPS three months before the activity, and will be accompanied by two letters of recommendation from two senior professors/researchers of IAPS.
  3. The selection of beneficiaries will be conducted by an independent panel of three senior members of IAPS, whose composition will be gender-inclusive, and which will be chaired by the president of the Board of IAPS or by the member of the board designated by the president according to the thematic of the research activity. The IAPS board will designate the other two members among senior specialists within IAPS.  All decisions made by this panel will respect the budget.
  4. The panel shall select the candidates on the following criteria: the CV of the candidate; the relevance of the activity; and the fit with the doctoral stage and plans of the candidate.
  5. Expenses will be paid when the invoice is submitted by the candidate, showing that the payment has been made to the organization of the scientific activity. The candidate will also have to present the certificate of attendance of the activity.  No payment will be made without accompanying receipts.

(Approved: March, 2015 – Modified: June, 2016)
The IAPS board

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