Preparing an Exploratory Workshop proposal

Basic rules

• Awards will be up to a maximum value of 15 000 EUR.
  The amount requested may be decreased by the ESF at the time of awarding.

• Exploratory workshop awards are for events with a maximum number of 30 participants (including speakers and convenors).

• ESF funds are intended to cover the costs of workshop activities and travel, accommodation and subsistence for participants.

• The preliminary budget in the proposal should provide a clear indication of the intended use of funds showing the global breakdown of accommodation expenses, meals and estimated travel costs, as well as other costs if appropriate and use of co-sponsoring if applicable.

• Local administrative costs (if any) charged to ESF must not exceed 10% of the total ESF award. Such costs include secretarial assistance, printing, photocopying, telephone, fax, email etc.

• Should support for publication be required, costs chargeable to ESF are likewise limited to 10% of the award.

• A limited number of participants based outside countries with ESF membership may be included in the workshop where such involvement is essential on scientific grounds. In principle, their meeting expenses should be covered by sources other than the ESF. However, the ESF may take into consideration, when sufficiently justified, the partial or total funding of such participants (maximum 2-3) within the ESF budget.

• Participants at ESF exploratory workshops should not be requested to pay a registration fee.

• ESF funds must not be used for the purchase of equipment (hardware).

• Honoraria will not be paid by ESF and the organisers of and speakers at ESF exploratory workshops will not be remunerated.

• Additional financial support provided by other organisations (if applicable) are welcome and should be mentioned in the budget. The meeting must, however, remain an ESF event (please refer to the section "Conditions of award" of the Call for Proposals and to paragraph below).

• The workshop should be financed mainly by ESF, i.e. the ESF award should represent no less than 51% of the total workshop budget; awards are not meant to contribute to or subsidise the funding of meetings mainly funded or organised by other organisations, nor to support one in a series of workshops.

For further administrative or financial queries, please contact:

Mrs.ValérieAllspach-KiechelE-Mail

Senior Administrator - Central calls

ESF Exploratory Workshops
European Science Foundation
1 quai Lezay Marnésia
BP90015
67080 Strasbourg Cedex
France
+33 (0)3 88 76 71 36
+33 (0)3 88 37 05 32