Objectives
The EFC Young Scientist Grant (formerly EUROCORR Young Scientist Grant) is an award founded and presented by the EFC since 2016. Its objective is to stimulate interaction and collaboration within the international corrosion community, by providing financial support to junior corrosionists to enable them to visit and interact with other corrosionists at their home institute abroad and to discuss research issues of mutual concern relevant to the field. A special EFC Young Scientist Grant Selection Committee makes the grant selection on the basis of brief proposals submitted. It will be presented at the yearly EUROCORR Conference.
Eligibility
To enter the competition, two applicants submit a proposal, focused on the research area or issue they want to discuss bilaterally at the home institute of one of the partners, using the Application Form.
The main applicant should not be older than 30 years on the 1st of September of the year the award is granted, is a participant to the EUROCORR taking place the year when the award is granted, and submits an abstract to this EUROCORR.
The co-applicant must be a member of an EFC Member Society and should preferably be a participant to the EUROCORR taking place the year when the award is granted.
Thanks to a donation of the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection (CSCP), the grant is augmented to 4 grants of up to €1,500 or 3 grants of up to €2,000; further, the CSCP will grant direct support to one recipient out of the 3 or 4 awarded, if collaboration includes travelling between China and Europe.
The submission deadline is 15 February of the year of the EUROCORR the grant will be awarded. Submissions after this deadline will not be considered.
The call for applications for the 2023 EFC Young Scientist Grant is closed.
EFC (EUROCORR) Young Scientist Grant winners
Presentation of the grants and delivery of the reports on the occasion of EUROCORR.