Other: ESEB_ProgressProposals.GlobalEvolBiolProjects

[Alexandra Allison de Sousa]

PROGRESS MEETINGS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

We are excited to announce the next round of this initiative by the
European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), in partnership with the
Journal of Evolutionary Biology (JEB).

We invite applications for funding to support focussed conference or
workshops on a topical issue where rapid progress is currently being
made in understanding Evolutionary Biology. ESEB will supply funds up to
15,000 Euro to assist with workshop planning (venue, travel or
attendance support). We encourage proposals on any topic.

We expect these meetings to bring together a range of researchers
focussed around a topic for a “state of the art” conference, ideally
proposing a new synthesis, viewpoint or technical or analytical
breakthrough facilitating new avenues of research. Attendees would
represent researchers from all career stages and must accord with our
Equal Opportunities guidelines. Attendance should be open to all, but
ESEB members should be prioritised. Typically, meetings would last 2-3 days.

An important condition of the funding is that the meeting has a clear
objective to produce either a Special Issue or Target Review for JEB.
Organisers should aim to have the manuscript(s) produced within 4 months
of the end of the meeting, and should detail how this will be done in
their applications. In the case of a Special Issue, the organisers of
the meeting or appropriate nominees may serve as Guest Editors (where
appropriate), handling the peer review process for manuscripts arising
from the meeting with assistance from JEB editors.

There will be one call for applications per year, with this year’s
deadline being NOVEMBER 15, 2022. Applicants should be members of ESEB
or our sister society, the Society for the Study of Evolution.

There is no official application form. The application document should
include

- The title of the conference and why this is suitable for a Progress
Meeting.
- Names and addresses of the organisers, with short (1 page each) CVs
- List of keynote speakers, with justification (potentially key recent
references). They should have agreed in principle to participate
- A 2-page description of the aims and potential scope of the conference
- Conference venue details
- Methods of selecting participants
- Publication plans

Queries and applications should be submitted to the ESEB Office
(off...@eseb.org) by the deadline. Please contact the ESEB office again,
if we have not confirmed receipt of your application within a week. The
successful application will be chosen by an ESEB committee.

Luke Holman (chair), Reviews Editor, JEB
Max Reuter, Editor in Chief, JEB
Mike Ritchie, former Editor in Chief, JEB
Tanja Schwander, Deciding Editor and former Special Issue Editor, JEB



European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Email: off...@eseb.org
Website: eseb.org




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***ESEB GLOBAL EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY INITIATIVE (GEBI) - Call for projects***

ESEB aims to foster the development and integration of local
evolutionary research communities from regions outside of the
traditional strongholds of the discipline and their links with the
evolutionary biology community in Europe. To address this need, we
recently transformed the Global Training Initiative, mainly focused on
supporting training activities, to the Global Evolutionary Biology
Initiative (GEBI) which can provide financial, organisational and
strategic support as required
(https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/global-evolutionary-biology-initiative/).

GEBI now welcomes applications to support new projects in line with its
aims (examples include meetings to establish or strengthen local
researcher networks, conducting hands-on workshops to disseminate new
tools or methods, or developing curricula for teaching).

THE DEADLINE FOR THE CALL IS NOVEMBER 25th, 2022.

Applications should include a concise (up to two pages) description of
the proposed activity and a detailed budget (in particularly specifying
how the requested GEBI contribution will be used). Actions fostering
evolutionary biology in the long term are particularly appreciated, and
applicants are encouraged to describe how their proposals may reach this
long-term objective. Maximal allowance is 10,000 euros/project.

Actions based in Western and Northern Europe, USA, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand and Japan are not eligible for support by GEBI. Actions that
are already covered by other ESEB initiatives/committees, e.g. outreach
activities or travel grants to individual students/researchers for
attending workshops or conferences are not eligible for support by GEBI.

Proposals should be addressed to off...@eseb.org (subject: GEBI call for
proposals 2022). 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!


European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Email: off...@eseb.org
Website: https://eseb.org


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