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Call for Support

Introduction

The European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA) is providing support for activities related to the organisation of workshops, technical meetings, short-courses, summer schools, benchmarks activities and any other activities that are relevant to the mission of ESRA (see here for more details).  The current call covers activities organised until the end of June 2025.

Eligibility

  • ESRA Technical Committees;
  • ESRA working groups (created by the Management Board, on its own initiative or upon the proposal of one of the ESRA members);
  • National Chapters;
  • Individual members of ESRA or part of a host institution that is current member of ESRA.
  • PhD students are not eligible for applying for this type of support as they are covered by other types of grants

Eligible costs

  • Travel costs (economic class only); subsistence (hotel, AirBnB, etc..), registration fees and visas costs for participants and invited speakers from ESRA members’ organisations;
  • Support to participation (e.g. registration fees);
  • Cost related to dissemination and outreach;
  • Other relevant costs that support ESRA mission.

Consumables nor equipment – including laptops – are not generally eligible except proven essential for the proposed activity.

The requested cost must be fully justified and capped at €5000.

Timing

The application must be submitted using the provided online form by 12th of February 2025.

Terms and conditions of the grant

  • Evidence of expenditure must be returned within 30 days from the conclusion of the event. 
  • Before the event: announce the proposed activities on the ESRA website and newsletters;
  • After the event: write a detailed report (or white paper) related to the events that can be stored and shared on the ESRA website.

Required documents

  • Justification for Grant. Explain why you are applying for the support grant and how the proposed activity will align with ESRA mission and/or it will benefit ESRA members
  • Justification of resources: estimate of the costs associated with the proposed activities and any relevant expenses
  • Draft of the proposed activities for ESRA website