COST Actions offer Young Researchers and Innovator (YRI) conference grants. These grants support young Action participants (under 40 years of age) to present an in-person presentation or poster at a high-level conference fully organised by a third party. The content of the contribution and conference subject must be within the scope of the Action.
The grants in this call are for supporting in-person only contributions with a maximum of 1200 Euro per award.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis. Please note that up to 100% of the annual YRI budget may be allocated in the first round. Contact ylva.sjoberg@umu.se to confirm if any funds remain.
Timeline
- Timeline for applications: This call will stay continuously open. The selection of candidates will follow the method “first-in-first-evaluated”, until the end of the allocated budget or the grant period.
- Final date for completing activities: October 5th, 2026.
Funding criteria
Those applications meeting the COST eligibility criteria for the type of grant (including being under 40 years) will be ranked by the Grant Awarding Coordinators together with the relevant core group members based on these criteria:
- Alignment to the work of the PermaCOST COST Action (https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA24157/#tabs+Name:Description)
- Scientific quality of the abstract
- Relevance of the conference to the PermaCOST community
The selection will follow the COST policies on inclusiveness (gender, age, geography).
The final award decision will be approved by the Grant Awarding Committee.
Instructions
All applications are submitted via the e-cost platform, following the instructions outlined in the grant awarding user guide (https://www.cost.eu/uploads/2025/01/COST-Grant-Awarding-user-guide.pdf), which contains links to application and reporting templates. Supporting documents needed for the application are:
- YRI Conference Grant Application (based on e-COST template)
- Copy of the abstract of the accepted oral or poster presentation
- Acceptance (or invitation) letter from the conference organisers
The grants will be paid after the activity is completed and reported in the e-cost system (see instructions for reporting in the grant awarding user guide). Supporting documents needed for the reporting are:
- Report (following the given template)
- Certificate of attendance
- Programme of the conference or book of abstracts / proceedings indicating the presentation (oral or poster)
- Copy of the given presentation (oral or poster)
