How to Apply
Please read carefully the attached STSM and Travel Grant call documents and Grant Awarding User Guide. Interested applicants should submit their application via the e-COST platform: https://e-services.cost.eu
Before applying, applicants are strongly encouraged to consult the COST Grant Guidelines.
Evaluation
Applications will be evaluated according to the COST Excellence and Inclusiveness Policy. Specific eligibility criteria and funding rules are available in the call documents and COST Grant Guidelines.
EU-Resolve Small Grant Payment Procedure
A grant holder travels to a meeting/conference and afterwards writes a report about what s/he did.
The report is uploaded to e-COST for approval by Dr. Helike Lõhelaid (Grant Awarding Coordinator) who manages this process.
Process for external colleagues: once approved the grant holder is eligible for their grant payment, but this needs to go through the new Queen Mary portal reimbursement system. The following video can help visitors to set up the Multi factor authentication (MFA) for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtn5CuMXhmU
For any queries or issues regarding the new Queen Mary portal reimbursement system, please contact Ms. Sharon Palmer (Research Finance Officer, Joint Research Management Office, QMUL): s.palmer@qmul.ac.uk
If all is ok and grant payment is made, this can then be recorded in the e-COST system by Ms. Jane Batchelor (Research Programme Manager, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL).
Short News Piece
It is mandatory that all the awarded applicants provide a short news piece for our EU-RESOLVE community about their STSM/Conference experience.
Contact and Further Information
For detailed rules and guidance, applicants must consult the COST Annotated Rules and the Grant Awarding User Guide available on the COST website, as well as the internal guidelines of EU-RESOLVE.
For questions or additional information, please contact:
Jane Batchelor (Research Programme Manager): j.batchelor@qmul.ac.uk
Helike Lõhelaid (Grant Awarding Coordinator): helike.lohelaid@taltech.ee
Jesmond Dalli (Action Chair): j.dalli@qmul.ac.uk