Dear ESEB member, The European Society for Evolutionary
Biology (ESEB) welcomes applications to the ESEB Outreach
Initiative Fund for projects that promote evolution-related
activities. The goal of this initiative is to improve public
knowledge about evolution globally.
Applications
for funding will be accepted for educational initiatives that
promote evolution, public outreach seminars, public exhibitions, workshops,etc.
There
will be a single call per year with a total budget of 12,000
Euro. A single project can be funded with up to 4,000 Euro, but
smaller projects are welcome. We are requesting a report after
one year, at which time the project should be completed.
Please
use the ESEB application form to submit your proposal and note
the word limits given herein. The form can be downloaded at the
ESEB website:https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/outreach-fund/ We request that at least one of the applicants be
an ESEB member, and submissions are limited to one per member
per call. You can become a member by registering here: https://eseb.org/society/eseb-membership/
Proposals will be
accepted until *15th March 2026* and should be
submitted by email to the ESEB office (Email: off...@eseb.org;
Subject: Outreach 2026). We will acknowledge
receipt of all applications within a week. If you have not
received our confirmation by then, please contact the ESEB
office again!
Please note
that scientific meetings are not supported by ESEB Outreach
Initiative funds. These fund also do not work as a mechanism for
continual funding. Once the potential of a project has been
demonstrated, this should be used as a basis to convince other
funding sources on continuation funds. Hence, submissions by a
group that has been successful in past calls may be penalised if
the proposals are mere follow-ups of previous projects.
The applications will be evaluated by the Outreach Initiative
Committee:
Florence Debarre, Chair (FR)
Trine Bilde (DK) Hannah Dugdale (NL) Andy Gardner (UK)
Efe Sezgin (TR) --
European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Email: off...@eseb.org
Website: eseb.org