UAntwerp offers 7 Travel Grants of €500 to support junion researchers from the Global South to participate in ECC10 in Antwerp.
For Who?
The travel grants are eligible for participants working at a university or research institute of any of the VLIRUOS Global Mind Countries* (Our Partner Countries: A Visual Overview). PhD students, postdocs or young professors (< 35 years) are eligible for a travel grant (500 euro per person to cover in first instance the hotel costs and if budget is left part of the travel costs), irrespective if they submit for a poster or oral presentation.
Application
Applicants will have to submit a motivation letter, a copy of their ECC10 submitted abstract, a short CV of maximum 2 pages and a proof of employment in the Global South Countries listed below, that is still active at the moment of the ECC10 conference.
Deadline: 1 March 2026
Selection
A grant selection committee of UAntwerp professors that are part of the scientific and organizing committee of ECC10 will prioritize grant awarding if more than 7 applications are received: 3 grants will be reserved for PhD students and 4 for postdocs/professors. An optimum geographic spread will be aimed for as well as an optimal spread among research fields.
Rules
As the travel grant need to be issued according to local UAntwerp regulations, the grant can only be used to book a hotel and/or travel costs through the secretary of Chemistry of UAntwerp. No budget can be transferred directly to the grant receiver.
Each grant receiver will receive support from the secretary from the department of Chemistry of UAntwerp to make sure the rules of the university and Global Minds program (VLIR-UOS) will be followed correctly. They will check with you hotel opportunities and book the hotel for you and pay it directly from the grant up to a total budget of maximum 500 euro. Any remaining budget of the received grant of 500 euro can be spend on eligible transport costs such as e.g. the train to and from the airport to Antwerp or a bus or tram ticket from the hotel to the conference venue;
At the latest 5 days after the end of the ECC10 conference, each grant receivers has to submit a maximum 1 page report on their key experiences, skills obtained and new collaborations made. They will be asked suggestions for future events to help maximize Global South participation in future.
