We are excited to announce that up to five EARMA Travel Grant: Annual Conference Attendance Awards of €500 as a contribution to travel costs are available for eligible applicants.
Call status: Open
Scope and objectives
The EARMA Travel Grant: Annual Conference Attendance Awards 2025 is a contribution to travel costs. This contribution is available for eligible applicants towards visits to colleagues in other RI’s for professional development purposes or to attend annual conferences/relevant events hosted by RMA organisations recognised by INORMS and EARMA. The award may be used for flight tickets or registration fees.
Funding details
There are up to five travel grants of €500.
Eligibility
The following eligibility rules must be met for all applicants:
- Applicants must have a minimum of two years’ experience in research management and administration
- All current EARMA members (individual and institutional) of good standing may apply
- Applicants must be members of EARMA for at least the previous membership year
- Board and Award Committee members are ineligible and remain so for three years after the end of their term
Given the above, members may not hold grants in consecutive years or two grants in the same calendar year.
Selection criteria
Applications should consider the following:
- To what extent does the application align with the mission of EARMA
- To what extent will the proposed activity enhance and contribute directly to:
1. The applicant’s specific professional development goals
2. The applicant’s current work in research management and administration
3. How effective and appropriate are the measures to share the knowledge gained back to the applicant’s organisation, EARMA, and beyond
- Each of the three criteria will carry equal weighting.
Two of the grants are earmarked for applicants visiting or working for institutions in COST Inclusiveness Target Countries.
Application process
EARMA Travel Grant: Annual Conference Attendance Awards 2025 has a dedicated application form that must be filled out by the specified deadline. Please complete the form on SurveyMonkey.
Round deadlines
The submission process for this award will be conducted on a rolling basis until all grants have been awarded, so we recommend applying early. Please note that the application survey will close when all award recipients are decided upon.
- November 22, 2024
- February 28, 2025
- March 21, 2025
Evaluation and notification
Candidates will be ranked according to the criteria described above and applications which are ranked highest will be considered for an award. However, EARMA reserves the right to not grant awards to applications regardless of ranking based on a Board decision or recommendation by the Awards Committee (AC). All applications will be evaluated by the EARMA Awards Committee. Successful applicants will receive a written notification of the outcome of their application following the Board meeting at which it is considered.
Please find the schedule below to learn more about the awards:
EARMA Awards Committee: 2024/25 Awards Schedule
