Career development grant
Grant Purpose
The SPPS Career Development Grant is a unique, broad-profile grant that aims to support young scientists in the Scandinavian plant-research community in preparing for and starting their independent research career.
Some examples of possible activities:
- Participation in workshops/courses (online or in-person courses, although travels are restricted to within Europe (EEA states + UK); several courses can be combined in one application)
- Career development workshop for several postdocs, for example within one group or department
- Cost of a pilot project to develop an independent research idea (no purchase of equipment, must be independent of current host lab)
- Initiating collaboration within the Nordic countries to develop a proposal (costs covered only for postdocs)
- A more comprehensive career development plan including several activities
Other ideas are also welcome. If in doubt, contact the SPPS office at office@spps.se
General rules
- You must be an early-career scientists at the postdoc level (or equivalent) and be registered as an SPPS member. Join here!
- You must be actively working in a Nordic country.
- Activities are limited to 12 months.
- The grant has a maximum budget of 40,000 SEK.
- Applications are accepted continuously.
- All successful grantees must submit a financial and scientific report at the end of the activity using the following forms:
- Template for financial report (to be submitted as a single pdf file including all bills and expense justifications)
- Template for scientific report (to be submitted as a word file together with a 400×400 pixels picture of the activity in a png format)
How To Apply
Follow the link below to our application form and make sure to include the following attachments as pdf files. Incomplete or faulty applications will be automatically rejected:
- A cover letter in the approved SPPS format- Download here
- Project description including a justification on how it will further the career of the early-career scientist (max. 1 page)
- A clear budget divided in items with estimated costs and a justification for each item.
- A CV and publication list (max. 2 pages).
- PhD certificate.
- Letter of support from your host/PI.
- A justification (e.g. screenshot) of any included travelling and/or accommodation costs,
