The ESAI in partnership with the EPA provides an award of €600 to assist postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers organise a workshop in the broad environmental research area. The ‘Grassroots’ award helps to enhance dissemination of research, facilitate knowledge exchange and the development and exposure of early career researchers. New collaborations can be formed through the ‘Grassroots’ award process. Workshops are a key networking tool, and an opportunity for early-stage researchers to increase their profile within and beyond their own field of study.
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought us into more ‘Virtual’ platforms and we have all been very innovative and creative in finding new ways to communicate with each other to transfer and share knowledge. We welcome applications to deliver a workshop via Virtual means most especially in the current era of restrictions.
Members of the ESAI who are conducting research relevant to the ESAI and EPA remits are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be either a postgraduate student or a postdoctoral researcher (under 5 years research experience). The Workshop/Event should be a stand-alone event, and not part of an international conference.
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Proposals will be assessed every two months by a panel drawn from the ESAI Council (rolling deadline of month-end for February, April, June, August, October and December) and there must be a period of three months between submission of the proposal and the date of the event.
The criteria for evaluation of all applications include:
The EPA and ESAI will need to be acknowledged in the Workshop/Event promotion materials.
Workshops organised jointly between more than one institution and across disciplines are also welcomed. Successful applicants are expected to follow the health and safety procedures of their own instititons. Payments will be made by ESAI following submission of invoices. Successful applicants also have the opportunity to submit a short article describing their event for publication in the ESAI e-zine. This will also enhance the visibility of the Awardees research.
Please download and complete the short Application Form and provide a supporting one-page CV by Email at least 3 months before the date of proposed workshop.
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