The ECA sponsors European symposia, schools, workshops and
conferences on topics relevant to crystallography.
The following rules, accepted by vote by the ECA Council in
Florence (August 28, 2005), apply:
5000 € to be distributed each year.
Grants in the range of 1000-2000 €.
Application from the organisers must be received min. 3
months before the event.
Dates of conference must be outside of a blackout period of
±1 month around the ECM's and IUCr Congresses.
There should be an official bank account or sub-account
opened for the conference or its organising institution, to which
the support will be transferred.
The ECA funds should be used to support young scientists
(under 35) from the ECA "region", with priority to less developed
countries.
There should be a reasonable geographical distribution of the
fellowships. In particular, the organising country should not
dominate the list of awards. National meetings should use the
grant to attract young participants from other countries.
An applicant should be presenting author of an accepted
abstract (applies to conferences, symposia and other meetings,
whose main purpose is the presentation of scientific
results).
The ECA support should be acknowledged in the conference
materials, web pages, and announcements. Where possible, the ECA
logo should accompany the acknowledgment.
After the meeting, the organisers should provide a short
report indicating how the ECA support was used to help young
participants. In addition, a brief statement summarizing the
event should be sent to the ECA Webmaster for inclusion in ECA
News.
