Under management of the Committee for Scientific Affairs and Awards
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 8th August 2022
+ 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 declaration below must be signed by the applicant and the applicant’s Head of Department in order to verify this. One award of up to Euro 10,000 will be made every year the scheme is available.
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 25th July. Awards will be decided and announced thereafter.
+ ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (click to open/close)
Applications from individuals who have previously received an ESPID small grant award will not be considered (previous recipients of other ESPID awards, are not excluded, apart from ESPID Fellowships that were awarded for the same or closely related research work).
All proposals must fulfil additional criteria for this award which can be found here
- 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 be within maximum 16 years of your Medical qualification, or, if you are not medically qualified, your PhD or the highest degree you hold. A scanned copy of relevant degree certificate showing the date it was awarded must be submitted with the application. Time tolerance is given for those individuals who have taken a career break for maternity, adoption or any other personal reasons. In such case, the 16 years limit will be extended by the total length of time taken out of work. A written confirmation, signed by the department head, will be requested. Applications will be considered on an individual basis where a supporting letter explaining special circumstances is received and special leave will still be taken into consideration and discussed with the ESPID Board.
- Applications must conform to formatting requirements as detailed below.
- Biomerieux has no role in the evaluation of applications or selection of the award winners. All applications are judged based on the criteria listed, which are aligned with the regular ESPID Small Grant Award. All proposals MUST fulfil the additional eligibility criteria [link] and those that do not will not be reviewed. Please contact CSAA if you have any questions regarding the eligibility of your application.
Applications will first be assessed for eligibility and complleteness 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):
(CRITERIA WEIGHTING AS SHOWN: 0 = bad and high score = good)
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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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/5
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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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/5
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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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/5
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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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/5
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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)
Candidates should send the completed application (see below) and letter of support from the applicant's supervisor at their institution. All documents should be in English.
This should be received no later than 8th August. Each application will be reviewed by the ESPID Committee for Scientific Affairs and Awards.
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 the application and the cost table. When submitting your application, please ensure you include the following documents:
- Application Form - must be downloaded to enable you to complete
- Costs table
- Letter of support from applicant's supervisor/manager
- CV of applicant - see application guidelines for details re: content
- A scanned copy of relevant degree certificate showing the date it was awarded (in english)- see eligibility criteria section above
+ FINAL REPORT (click to open/close)
A final report must be submitted to the Award Committee at the completion of the funding period. In addition, applicants are encouraged to submit their results for presentation at the ESPID Annual Meeting. All documents should be in English.
+ 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 “the work was supported by an ESPID Grant Award”.
