SPDC SAP

Participation in IUFRO events

 

Financial assistance is provided for participation in scientific meetings and conferences organized by IUFRO’s Divisions, Task Forces, and Special Programmes and Projects. Applications for support can be submitted to IUFRO-SPDC throughout the year.

Scientific Visits

 

A limited number of small grants for Scientific Visits are offered to early career forest scientists affiliated with IUFRO member organizations to visit a forest research organization abroad for up to three months. Calls for applications are published from time to time.

SAP for event participation - General policy guidelines

  • Support is directed to those scientists who are contributing to a particular IUFRO meeting in the form of a paper or poster presentation. 

  • Only scientists who are employed at an institution in an economically disadvantaged country and reside in an economically disadvantaged country are eligible for support. 

  • Preference is given to early- to mid-career forest scientists (below the age of 46 years) who are in need of further developing their expertise and skills as a researcher. 

  • Highest priority in providing sponsorship is given to IUFRO officeholders and forest scientists working in IUFRO member institutions, though scientists from other forest-related research institutions which are not IUFRO member institutions will also be supported depending on funding available. 

  • In order to spread support as widely as possible among the forest science community, sponsorship will not be provided to the same scientist in two consecutive years. 

  • The selection of candidates will also be geared to achieve both geographical and gender balance.

SAP for event participation - Criteria for the selection of candidates for sponsorship

The candidate:

  • has an accepted paper or poster approved by the scientific committee of the meeting, 

  • is employed at an IUFRO member organization (or other forest-related research institution) in an economically disadvantaged country, 

  • is an early or mid-career scientist, 

  • resides in an economically disadvantaged country, 

  • has not received travel funding by IUFRO within the past year.

SAP for event participation - What to bear in mind if you are a meeting organizer

As a meeting organizer designing the scientific program of the conference or workshop, you know best which of the submitted papers/posters should be presented. Therefore, we ask you to short-list candidates for consideration and send this list to the IUFRO-SPDC office (spdc(at)iufro.org)

Ideally, the list should also include more detailed information about the proposed candidates for sponsorship including the following items:

  • the exact names and contact details of your preferred candidates, 

  • their gender, 

  • their country of origin, 

  • their country of residence, 

  • their age, as well as 

  • an estimate of the costs involved in their participation in the meeting (registration fee, accommodation, local transport if foreseen).

SAP for Scientific Visits - General policy guidelines

  • Research supported by the grant should address a topic of significance to IUFRO’s Post-2020 Strategy, in particular by addressing one or more of the five thematic areas defined in the strategy. 
  • Preference is given to early-career forest scientists whose proposed host institution is an IUFRO member. 
  • The host country may belong to any income classification. 
  • Duration of the visit should be 2-3 months. 
  • The applicant is responsible for all arrangements that need to be made prior to and during the scientific visit. 
  • The applicant is responsible for identifying and contacting the host institution and a mentor in the host country and should decide on the scope of the scientific project, the associated work plan, and the suitable dates for the planned research visit with the potential host organization and mentor prior to applying. 
  • In order to spread support as widely as possible among the forest science community, a grant will not be provided to the same scientist more than once. 
  • The selection of candidates will also be geared to achieve both geographical and gender balance.

SAP for Scientific Visists - Criteria for the eligibility of candidates for sponsorship include

The candidate

  • is employed at an IUFRO member organization in an economically disadvantaged country, 

  • is an early career scientist (below the age of 36 years), 

  • has completed an MSc or PhD in forest or related science, 

  • is a citizen and resident of an economically disadvantaged country.

SAP for Scientific Visits - What to bear in mind if your institution would like to host a Scientific Visit

Host institutions have an important role to play in supporting applicants and ensuring the success of the research visit. There are also many benefits to mentors and host institutions such as improving their own connections, capacities, research quality, and dissemination of results. Therefore, we ask you to actively support candidates applying for a visit to your institution. Applications may be submitted by eligible candidates only during open calls for grant applications.

The Scientist Assistance Programme (SAP) is designed to provide forest scientists from economically disadvantaged countries with financial assistance for IUFRO Event participation and Scientific Visits. All SAP support is directed to in-service forest scientists working at national or sub-national institutions of research and higher education in economically disadvantaged countries that are in one way or another involved in forest- and tree-related research and academic training programmes. Find the countries eligible for SAP here. Please note that we have to plan for the financial support a considerable time ahead so we appreciate an early request, at least 3 months in advance. For further information please feel welcome to contact us at spdc(at)iufro.org.

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Currently there are no calls for applications or expressions of interest - please keep checking our website for upcoming calls!

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