ITC Conference Grants are aimed at supporting PhD students & Early Career Investigators (ECI, up to 8 years after PhD) from participating ITC in SAGA to attend international science & technology related conferences not specifically organised by SAGA.

Applicants must be a PhD student or an ECI with a primary affiliation in an institution located in a COST Action SAGA participating ITC: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Republic of North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Turkey. The countries in grey are not signatory of SAGA yet. If you are from an ITC country that is not signatory of SAGA and you want to apply for an ITC Conference Grant, please contact the Action Chair.

Applicants must make an oral/poster presentation at the conference in question and be listed in the official event/conference programme. The main subject of the presentation must be on a topic relevant to COST Action SAGA (more details about aim and objectives of SAGA and its Working Groups can be found here). COST Action SAGA (CA17131) should be acknowledged both in the book of abstracts and in the oral/poster presentation.

A number Conference Grants are launched at least once per Grant Period (GP). Detailed information about the current call can be found here.

Testimonials of ITC Conference Grantees