Guidelines for Mobility Applications

We ask you to read carefully this page before submitting an application to the JECS Trust!
   

Main Guidelines for Mobility Applications :

1.   Publications arising from the research are expected to be submitted first in Open Ceramics.

2.     Applicants must be students and be either members of a ceramic society affiliated to ECerS or direct members of ECerS. The supervisor of the applicant must have been either a member of a ceramic society affiliated to ECerS or an individual member of ECerS for at least 12 months. The membership requirement for the supervisor also applies to the host scientist except as described in Guideline 4.

3.   The membership requirements in Guideline 2 depend on the location of the laboratory in which the relevant person works as follows:

• Those located in a country affiliated to ECerS (full or associate member) must belong to the affiliated society for that country.
• Those located in countries not affiliated to ECerS must be direct members. If ECerS has signed a MoU (check the list here) with the relevant country, those concerned must also be members of the local Ceramic Society with which ECerS has signed a MoU. 

4.     In exceptional cases, the membership requirement for the host can be waived. The reasons need to be fully justified on the application form. In this case, no JECS Trust funding will be allowed for use of facilities and equipment at the host laboratory.

5.     Rejected applications cannot be submitted again.

6.     Stays at the host laboratory should be of 2 weeks (10 working days) minimum.

7.     The use of the JECS Trust money must be clearly identified in the application.

8.     When funding is requested for more than one return journey, the reason for those multiple visits has to be described in the application.

9.     If applicable, the invoice from the host lab for the use of facilities and consumables should be received maximum 6 months after the end of the project.

10.   The Trust does not accept proposals from individuals seeking support for attending conferences.

11.   The JECS Trust money cannot be used to cover registration fees and/or meals, dinners, drinks, etc.

12.   Applicants wishing to receive financial support from the JECS Trust should submit their bids electronically to the JECS Trust secretariat.

13.   Decisions on awards are taken by the Board of the JECS Trust.

The Board of the Trust does not wish to be unduly prescriptive and applications of any kind which fall within the rules are welcome. However, the following list of factors which are viewed favourably in ranking the proposals may be useful :

• Activities involving a collaboration between one European Ceramic Society member and another ECerS member or associate member country;
• Activities involving students
• Applications for an identifiable activity that can be specifically associated with JECS Trust funding
• The use of JECS Trust funding for an identifiable benefit that would not otherwise be possible;
• Activities leading to high quality contributions to the Journal of the European Ceramic Society or to Open Ceramics;
• Applications from regular contributors to the Journals;
• When the applicants are located in a country that is not affiliated to ECerS, priority will be given to applicants from Countries with which ECerS signed MoUs (check the list here).
• Significant contributions from other sources, where it is appropriate to the activity.

Once the application is accepted, please be aware of the following facts :

• You will receive 50% of the approved amount before the start of the project, upon request to the Secretariat. The remaining 50% will be transferred after the end of the project, once the scientific and financial reports have been approved.
• The invoice from the Host insitution must be received by the JECS Trust no later than 6 months following the end of the project.
• JECS Trust should be acknowledged in any papers published linked to projects sponsored by the JECS Trust.

Applicants wishing to receive financial support from the JECS Trust should submit their bids electronically to the JECS Trust secretariat info@jecstrust.org  with copy to jecstrust@gmail.com

Decisions on awards are taken by the Board of the JECS Trust.