YRI Conference grants are awarded by the Management Committee to young researchers and innovators affiliated in a COST member Country or a Near Neighbour Country (NNC), to present their own work (poster/oral presentation) at a high-level conference, not necessarily in a COST country.

For a list of COST and NNC countries see: COST countries

YRI Conference grants:

• help Young Researchers and Innovators to gain knowledge and to establish a strong network in the research community through sharing their work;
• increase the visibility of the Action;
• provide contribution for travelling, accommodation and subsistence expenses, registration fee, printing of scientific poster and overall effort.

Applications are submitted via the e-COST portal using the dedicated forms available. The content of the application shall include paper title, conference title, conference country, start and end date, budget requested by the applicant, as well as supporting documents: copy of the abstract of the accepted presentation, acceptance letter from the conference organizers, and a short explanation of the relevance of the paper to the UniDive Action. If the YRI conference grant is awarded, the authors must explicitly acknowledge UniDive in the paper. Please, note that a written report must also be submitted via e-COST upon returning from the conference.

For more information on the YRI grants, see the Annotated Rules for Cost Actions: Annex2. For more information on the application procedure, please consult the Grant Awarding User Guide.

Important dates:

• Application deadline: 24th January, 2025
• Notification: 3rd Feb, 2025
• Conference dates: 4th February - 30th September, 2025

If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Best wishes, Nurit Melnik (nuritme@openu.ac.il) & Stella Markantonatou (marks@athenarc.gr) Grant Awarding Coordinators of UniDive COST action