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 are expected to be submitted first in Open Ceramics.
2. Applicants must have been either members of a ceramic society affiliated to ECerS or direct members of ECerS for at least 12 months, if the applicant is a student or young researcher, he/she has to be member but the 12 months rule is not an obligation. The Supervisor of the applicant – if applicable - must have been either member of a ceramic society affiliated to ECerS or individual member of ECerS for at least 12 months.
3. Applicants working in a Laboratory (Research Centre, Institute, University, etc.) located in a country that is not affiliated to ECerS (full or associate member) must be (him/herself and/or his/her supervisor from the same Laboratory) a direct individual member of ECerS for at least 12 months to apply for JECS Trust Mobility grant.
4. Application rejected 2 times cannot be submitted again.
5. Stay in the host laboratory should be of 2 weeks (10 working days) minimum.
6. The use of the JECS Trust money must be clearly identified in the application.
7. When fund is requested for more than one return travel, the reason of those multiple visits has to be described in the application.
8. Invoice from the host lab should be received maximum 6 months after the end of the project.
9. The Trust does not accept proposals from individuals seeking support for attending conferences.
10. The JECS Trust money cannot be used to cover registration fees and/or meals, dinners, drinks, etc.
11. Applicants wishing to receive financial support from the JECS Trust should submit their bids electronically to the JECS Trust secretariat.
12. 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 student/early stage researchers;
• 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;
• 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 only receive 50 % of the allowed amount before the beginning of the project - the other 50 % are only transferred once the reports (financial and scientific) are approved, after 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.