ENTAN Calls for Short Term Scientific Missions and Conference Grant Applications
ENTAN – European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network is a COST Action aimed at examining the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA). ENTAN particularly focuses on NTA arrangements for reducing inter-ethnic tensions within a state and on the accommodation of the needs of different communities while preventing calls to separate statehood. The main objective is to investigate the existing NTA mechanisms and policies and to develop new modalities for the accommodation of differences in the context of growing challenges stemming from globalisation, regionalisation and European supranational integration. The network fosters interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary group work, and provides for training and empowerment of young researchers, academic conferences and publications, as well as for the dissemination of results to policy makers, civil society organisations and communities.
The Network, which the ECMI is a part of, has recently published two calls for applications:
Call for ‘Short Term Scientific Missions’ (STSM)
STSMs have to be finished by 30 March 2021.
Final application deadline is 30 November 2020.
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are institutional visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, fostering collaboration between individuals. Applications from early career investigators (ECIs) (up to 8 years after their PhD completion) and researchers from inclusiveness target countries (ITC) participating in the COST Action 18114 are strongly encouraged. Applicants willing to work on specific NTA case studies from a comparative legal and political perspective or from the standpoint of cultural identities or regional development (either in relation to relevant arrangements in one or more states or to NTA institutions of a specific minority) are particularly encouraged to apply.
COST provides for a fixed grant that contributes to the overall expenses incurred during the STSM. Financial support is limited to cover travel and subsistence expenses and is paid as a grant at the end of the visit (exceptions apply). The calculation of the financial contribution for each STSM must respect the following criteria:
- Up to a maximum of EUR 3500 in total can be afforded to each successful applicant;
- Up to a maximum of EUR 160 per day can be afforded for accommodation and meal expenses
More information can be found in this call (pdf).
Call for Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC) conference grant applications
For conferences occurring no later than 30 March 2021.
Final application deadline is 30 November 2020.
Conference Grants are aimed at supporting PhD students and Early Career Investigators (ECI), i.e. researchers up to 8 years after their PhD completion, from inclusiveness target countries participating in the COST Action 18114 to attend international conferences on ENTAN related topics not specifically organised by the COST Action. Conference Grants are exclusively reserved for PhD students and ECIs with a primary affiliation in an institution located in an ITC. The grants are exclusively reserved for applicants making an oral/poster conference presentation and are listed in the official event/conference programme. The main subject of the oral presentation/poster presentation/speech at the approved conference needs to be closely related to the topic of the Action and to acknowledge COST.
The following funding conditions apply and must be respected:
- Up to a maximum of EUR 2500 in total can be afforded to each successful ITC applicant;
- Up to a maximum of EUR 160 per day can be afforded for accommodation and meal expenses
- Up to a maximum of EUR 500 can be afforded for conference fees to be incurred by the selected grantee.
More information can be found in this call (pdf).
