THE CALL IS OPEN
Requirements and application
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To be eligible, the recipients of the bursary, here called visiting and receiving candidates, should be young researchers as defined by the yrCSS rules (see here), and members of the Complex Systems Society;
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An invitation letter for the visiting candidate by the host group’s PI is required;
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The application consists in a two-page document (max 1000 words including figure caption, plus a mandatory figure) produced by the candidates where they describe their research project outline and their two CVs.
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The candidates will be required to produce a short report of their research performed during the visit;
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The applications will be reviewed by senior researchers, members of the CSS Council. Results will be announced on the yrCSS website and media outlets;
Funding
The bridge grants provide partial support for short visits. We fund 500 euros for within-continent visits and 1000 euros for visits between different continents.
The funds awarded will have to be used during 2020 solar year.
yrCSS guarantees short response time after the application deadline.
Deadline
December 15th, 2019
How to apply
Submit your application by sending an email, containing the required material, to yr.cssociety@gmail.com.
Applications must include: CV of visiting and receiving candidates; Research project outline (max 1000 words including figure caption, plus a mandatory figure; Invitation letter for the visiting candidate from the host group’s PI.
Selection
In a first level, the applications are going to be rated by a number of Referees, who are members of the CSS Council. The important points to be considered are:
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How interdisciplinary is the project? (0-5)
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How novel is the addressed topic/problem? (0-5)
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How innovative/creative is the approach taken by the candidates? (0-5)
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Is the project feasible given the candidates’ skills and expertise? (0-5)
The final selection is going to be made by the yrCSS Advisory Board.
PAST BRIDGE GRANTS AWARDEES
2019
Piotr Gorski Curtis Atkisson |
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland University of California, Davis, USA |
2018
Bernardo Monechi Enrico Ubaldi |
Sony CSL Paris, France ISI Foundation, Italy |
Tomasz Raducha Mateusz Wilinski |
IFISC, Spain Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy |
Ana Lucia Rodriguez Ana María Jaramillo Mejía |
Florida International University, USA Universidad de los Andes, Colombia |
2017
Iván G. Torre Oriol Artime |
Technical University of Madrid, Spain IFISC, Spain |
Fariba Karimi Eun Lee |
GESIS, Germany Sungkyunkwan University, Korea |
2016
Federico Battiston Jérémy Guillon |
Queen Mary University of London, UK Pierre and Marie Curie University, France |
Alice Patania Jean-Gabriel Young |
ISI Foundation, Italy Universitee Laval, Canada |
Massimo Stella Alberto Antonioni |
University of Southampton, UK Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain |