Under management of the Committee for Scientific Affairs and Awards
APPLICATION DEADLINE is 17th November
+ AIMS (click to open/close)
The intention of this award scheme is to make small pump priming grants to ESPID members to support research work design to produce pilot data for further external funding. The number of awards funded will depend upon the number and quality of applications received. If the scheme succeeds and is maintained, each awardee will be eligible to make a single follow up application for further funding up to Euro 10,000 for the same project, based on the results from the first award.
It is envisaged that the grants will provide for purchase of laboratory consumables or small amounts of administrative time or other technical or IT support. It is not envisaged that the awards will fund the salary of the applicant.
Please note that an applicant or supporting centre cannot receive a Fellowship Award and a Small Grant Award for the same project.
Completed applications for ESPID Small Grant Awards must be received by the deadline stated.
+ ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (click to open/close)
UPDATE - The criteria for selecting the best application has recently been updated, therefore please familiarise yourself with the criteria below before submitting your application.
Applications from individuals who have previously received an ESPID small grant award will not be considered - except that, following receipt of a satisfactory progress report, previous applicants may apply for follow up funding for the same small grant-funded project once and once only. (Previous recipients of other ESPID awards, are not excluded, apart from ESPID Fellowships that were awarded for the same or closely related research work).
- Applicants must be "good standing" members of ESPID at the time of the deadline(click here to download the ESPID "good standing" member criteria). Applicants must have paid their current subscription before applying for this award.
- On the day of the application deadline, you must meet the criteria for Young ESPID Membership.
- Applications must conform to formatting requirements as detailed below.
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ESPID will only support one award relating to any one project. If you feel you have a project which more than one award would cover you should select and apply to only one ESPID award. If you have other awards/grants which are pending or have been recently funded, you must indicate this in your application and clearly state what support has been requested/agreed and when a decision is expected.
Applications will first be assessed for eligibility and completeness by the ESPID Secretariat. Applications not fulfilling all of these criteria will not be put forward for judging.
+ CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THE BEST APPLICANT (click to open/close)
All eligible applications will be judged against the following criteria by the ESPID Committee for Scientific Affairs and Awards (weighting as shown):
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Directly relevant to paediatric infectious diseases?*
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Y/N
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Are the necessary additional resources, funds and equipment clearly offered and available? (Including the salary and personal support for the candidate)*
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Y/N
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Does the applicant have a clear and primary role in undertaking the research?*
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Y/N
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*If No, to any of the above then not eligible for the award
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Criteria
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Score
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Evidence of excellence during previous undergraduate and postgraduate activities – high grades, prizes, presentations, publications etc. This should be assessed relative to career stage and accounting for e.g., parental leave, clinical vs research post etc.
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Is the rationale and background to the research clearly presented and the need for the research well-articulated?
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Is there a clearly formulated hypothesis or objective?
(For re-applications, consider if the project achieved the aims of the original proposal and results are clearly presented)
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/5
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Is there a realistic prospect of achieving the objective or generating data to support further funding applications?
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Is there a clearly structured and scientifically justified plan of investigation which identifies the methodologies to be used?
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Is the proposal original / novel?
(For re-applications, consider if this forms a logical continuum with the initial application)
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Is the proposal well-presented and clearly written?
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Is the budget appropriate for the proposed project?
(For re-applications, consider if money was spent appropriately according to the estimated budget or justification for deviations provided)
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Total
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Support
The initial award will be for a maximum of Euro 10,000. Payments will only be made to host institutions or hospitals and not to individuals. ESPID takes no responsibilities for the further administration or use of the funds beyond the point of disbursement but requires progress report and final reports to be provided as detailed below.
+ APPLICATION PROCESS (click to open/close)
Please view the award Guidelines which details the information which must be submitted. Click: Application Guidelines. We recommend you read the guidelines before completing both your online application and cost table. Your application and any support documents should be in English. Candidates are asked to include the following as part of their online application:
- Application Form
- Costs table
- Letter of support from applicant's supervisor/manager
- CV of applicant - see application guidelines for details regarding content
- Small Grant Award Declaration - see application guidelines for details
+ PROGRESS REPORT (click to open/close)
A progress report must be prepared by all recipients of the small grant award and submitted using the online awards system. All documents should be in English. Please note if you were awarded prior to May 2021 then your report should be sent to ESPID Secretariat at admin@espid.org. This may form part of an application for follow up funding (maximum one further Euro 10,000 grant).
The report should detail results accomplished to that date, problems, if any, encountered, any alterations to the original protocol that may have become necessary, and any completed or forthcoming presentations, publications or grant applications arising from the grant. The report will be reviewed by the Committee for Scientific Affairs and Awards. In case awardees fail to provide progress report they will not be eligible to apply for any other award and their supervisors will not be eligible to support other applicants.
+ FINAL REPORT (click to open/close)
A final report must be submitted to the Award Committee at the completion of the funding period using the online awards system. All documents should be in English. Please note if you were awarded prior to May 2021 then your report should be sent to ESPID Secretariat at admin@espid.org. . In addition, applicants are encouraged to submit their results for presentation at the ESPID Annual Meeting.
+ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (click to open/close)
The recipient of the grant award must acknowledge ESPID in any publications that result from the research enabled by the award.
Acknowledgements should be worded as follows: that “this work was supported by an ESPID Grant Award”.
