GEBI – Call for Proposals

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