ESEB aims to foster the development and integration of local evolutionary research communities from regions outside of the traditional strongholds of the discipline, and their links with the evolutionary biology community in Europe. To address this need, the Global Evolutionary Biology Initiative (GEBI) can provide financial, organisational and strategic support.
GEBI now welcomes applications to support new projects in line with its aims (examples include meetings to establish or strengthen local researcher networks, conducting hands-on workshops to disseminate new tools or methods, or developing curricula for teaching).
The deadline for this call will close on 1 September 2024.
Applications should include a concise (up to two pages) description of the proposed activity and a detailed budget (in particularly specifying how the requested GEBI contribution will be used). Actions fostering evolutionary biology in the long term are particularly appreciated, and applicants are encouraged to describe how their proposals may reach this long-term objective. Maximal allowance is 10,000 euros per project. Information on previously supported events is available here.
Actions based in Western and Northern Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan are not eligible for support by GEBI. Actions that are already covered by other ESEB initiatives/committees, e.g. outreach activities or travel grants to individual students or researchers for attending workshops or conferences are not eligible for support by GEBI. Previously funded proposals are welcome to apply for further project development, but will compete with new proposals. New proposals will have priority, if ranked equal. Proposed activities should be completed by June 2025, or if justified, latest in fall 2025.
Proposals should be addressed to office@eseb.org (subject: GEBI 2025). We will acknowledge receipt of all applications within a week. If you have not received our confirmation by then, please contact the ESEB office again.
The GEBI committee
Deepa Agashe (Co-chair)
Leonardo Bacigalupe
Simone Immler
Tadeusz Kawecki
Yannis Michalakis
Nina Sletvold (Co-chair)
Mehmet Somel
Elio Sucena