ECWS 2019 - Eligible Expenses
ECWS 2019 - Eligible Expenses
ECWS 2019 - Eligible Expenses
Eligible Expenses
Please note that this list is not exhaustive. In addition, selection for a fellowship does not imply that
all costs requested will be automatically granted. The Selection Committee will evaluate each
expense requested in the proposed budget and take a final decision on related costs to be awarded.
Please note that the OWSD Early Career fellowship does not provide for the fellow’s salary which
must be guaranteed by the fellow’s institution.
a) Research-related costs
Equipment
Necessary equipment to build up research units or set up a lab
Training in use of equipment
Maintenance of equipment
Consumables
Expendable supplies that will be consumed or replaced (e.g. glassware, solvents, feed, reagents)
Research visits, exchanges and programmes
Attendance at international scientific meetings (e.g. travel, accommodation, meals, registration,
visa)
Hosting visiting scholars and/or establishing a visiting scholars programme
Organizing and hosting scientific events (e.g. seminar series, international symposium, themed
workshops, regional and international conferences)
Organizing exchange programmes with national/international scholars
Teaching and Assistance
MSc, PhD, Postdoctoral researchers
Research assistants (e.g. to gather information and data)
Teaching assistants
Family care assistance (e.g. childcare costs in order for fellow to undertake research project,
travel support for family members)
Other assistant (based on applicant’s needs, e.g. casual labour)
Field work
Transportation (e.g. car rental, public transport, airfare)
Board and lodging
Sample collection and analysis
Hospitality fees (e.g. dinner with research partners in the field)
Publication costs (e.g. in peer-reviewed journals, open source)
Information resources
Subscriptions (e.g. journal, library)
Literature (e.g. books, reprints, photocopies)
Library resources
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IT facilities
Computer hardware
Computer software
Computer services (internet connections, technical support, database development)
Training
Science communication (e.g. writing for publication, presentation skills)
English language courses (for improved science communication)
Specialist courses for team leader and project staff or group training sessions (e.g. long-distance
learning)
Other
Monitoring and evaluation costs (to measure the impact of the project)
Rent paid for land or premises used in a research activity
Any other support costs directly related to the project (for example, lab technician’s time,
maintenance and utilities costs, administrative officer’s time, etc.)*
*The fellow’s institution is expected to waive any overheard or indirect costs on the research project.
However, the fellow is allowed to include a break-down in their budget of any support costs that the
research project will benefit from the institution (for example, lab technician’s time, maintenance and
utilities costs, administrative officer’s time, etc.).
Visits to companies, private sector (e.g. travel, board and lodging costs)
Product development (e.g. patent, prototype, Intellectual Property costs)
Technology transfer
Licensing costs
Research-to-product related expenses
Training (e.g. understanding/developing IP and patents, research-to-product training,
communicating with industry, business, management and marketing skills)
Scaling up of teaching programmes and/or ‘training the trainers’ (e.g. offering specialist courses
at PhD level to ensure level of training in given discipline is adequate)
A downloadable list of appropriate industry, private or civic partners for collaboration is available here.
Website development
Communications materials (e.g. flyers, posters)
Dissemination (e.g. development of stakeholders’ contact database for information sharing)
Networking (e.g. development of online community/forum, linking with OWSD members and
National Chapters, science academies)
Mentoring (e.g. establishing a mentoring programme with partners in industry)
Translation of project-related documents
Training (e.g. social media, language courses necessary for communicating research)
Other costs needed to undertake outreach activities
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