{"id":14152,"date":"2021-07-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lino.lmt.lt\/2021\/07\/21\/apply-for-the-european-young-researchers-award-eyra-till-september-17th\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:48:19","slug":"apply-for-the-european-young-researchers-award-eyra-till-september-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lino.lmt.lt\/en\/apply-for-the-european-young-researchers-award-eyra-till-september-17th\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for The\u00a0European Young Researchers\u2019 Award (EYRA) till September 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\"><p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroscience.org\/awards\/\">European Young Researchers&rsquo; Award (EYRA),<\/a>&nbsp;granted by EuroScience since 2010, aims to inspire early-stage researchers in all research areas to incorporate a European dimension and perspective into their research. Two awards are granted every two years to: a) a PhD candidate and b) a postdoctoral fellow.<\/p>\n<p>The prize-giving ceremony for the two awards is held at the biennual EuroScience flagship event,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esof.eu\/en\/\">EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF)<\/a>. The Award consists of a certificate, waiving the participation fee to ESOF, a grant to cover travel and accommodation for the stay in the ESOF city and one year free&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroscience.org\/become-a-member\/\">EuroScience membership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2022 EuroScience Open Forum is scheduled be held as a hybrid event in July 2022 in Leiden, The Netherlands, and in several regional hubs across Europe (final dates will be announced).<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Eligibility Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe 2022 call is open to early career researchers, who fulfil the following criteria:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For the PhD Candidate award:<\/strong>&nbsp;Applicants should have enrolled for a PhD degree at the time of the application deadline or should have successfully defended their thesis after January 1st, 2021.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For the Postdoctoral fellow award:<\/strong>&nbsp;Applicants should have successfully defended their thesis after January 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2016 and should have enrolled in a postdoctoral programme at the time of the application deadline.<\/li>\n<li>Candidates must be affiliated with a European country (cf. Council of Europe&rsquo;s membership rules)<\/li>\n<li>European and Non- European nationals are eligible to apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Evaluation Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>\nAll applications are evaluated by a Scientific International Committee based on the following criteria:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Quality of the research:&nbsp;<\/strong>The evaluation will be based on widely accepted academic criteria, such as: publications in peer-reviewed journals, other publications, references, prizes, grants, patents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>European dimension:&nbsp;<\/strong>The research must have a clear European dimension. It could entail a collaborative project counting with the contribution of several European countries or it could encompass a research project based in one European country with a research topic of European added value.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project engagement:<\/strong>&nbsp;The candidate&rsquo;s contribution to research groups or projects, e.g. inspiration to others, further development of a project, leadership experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outreach<\/strong>: Involvement in dissemination activities for a general audience, e.g. public talks at a local or national level, media appearance, teaching outside academia, research-based social engagement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Application procedure and documentation<\/h2>\n<h3>The deadline for the 2022 call for both awards is Friday September 17, 2021 at 12:00pm CEST.<\/h3>\n<p>\nAll applications should be submitted online via the ESCMPlatform&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/escmp.euroscience.org\/login\">https:\/\/escmp.euroscience.org\/login<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>application form<\/strong>&nbsp;should be filled in English.<\/li>\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>cover page<\/strong>&nbsp;form should be downloaded, completed and included in the online application.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-nomination<\/strong>&nbsp;is accepted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Required Supporting Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>:&nbsp;<em><u>(to be uploaded under supporting documents)<\/u><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A Research Outline<\/strong>&nbsp;describing the research and its European dimension (max 800 words).<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Curriculum Vitae<\/strong>&nbsp;including statement of prizes\/awards already received (max 800 words).<\/li>\n<li><strong>A list of publications<\/strong>&nbsp;or other relevant material to support the candidacy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two reference letters<\/strong>&nbsp;which should be sent directly to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:office@euroscience.org\">office@euroscience.org<\/a>. It is recommended that the references come from individuals well qualified in the field. At least one of the references should be from a person who has not taken part in or is associated with the research itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nApplicants who do not have an account will be requested to create one on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/escmp.euroscience.org\/register\">EuroScience Conference<\/a>&nbsp;and Membership Platform (ESCMP). Once registered, click on &ldquo;Apply for an Award&rdquo; and follow the application procedure. The field &ldquo;<em>Motivation Letter<\/em>&rdquo; may be ignored (write N\/A). It is replaced by the Research Outline document, to be uploaded under &ldquo;<em>Supporting Documents&rdquo;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>All applications should fulfil the&nbsp;<strong>eligibility criteria&nbsp;<\/strong>andrespect the&nbsp;<strong>application procedure&nbsp;<\/strong>to be considered for evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>For further information please contact the EuroScience office at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:office@euroscience.org\">office@euroscience.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winners&rsquo; names will be published on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.euroscience.org\/\">EuroScience&rsquo;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;European Young Researchers&rsquo; Award (EYRA),&nbsp;granted by EuroScience since 2010, aims to inspire early-stage researchers in all research areas to incorporate a European dimension and perspective into their research. Two awards are granted every two years to: a) a PhD candidate and b) a postdoctoral fellow. 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