Support for IFS Grantees
For those successful candidates who receive an IFS Research Grant, IFS offers a number of supporting services.
Note that these cannot be applied for by people who have not yet received an IFS Grant.
The supporting services include:
- Travel/Publication Grants
IFS Grantees may apply for a travel/publication grant at the end of their research project, in order either to travel to a conference at which they will present the results of their IFS-supported research or publish the results in an international journal. A final report must have been submitted to IFS before applying for such a grant. Application for a travel grant is made on a special form, available from the IFS Secretariat. Application for a publication grant may be made by email request.
For more details on how to apply, get in touch with your contact person at IFS.
Note - Travel and publication grants are available only for IFS Grantees.
- Purchasing Services
IFS offers help with purchasing to those Grantees who live in countries where international purchasing of equipment and supplies is difficult. At the beginning of the grant period when the contract is being drawn up, the Grantee will be asked to choose between having the grant money transferred to his/her institution (and the Grantee then does the purchasing themselves) or leaving the grant money at IFS and using the purchasing services offered.
- Mentoring Programme
At the present time (2nd half 2004) IFS is in the final stages of formulating an effective Mentoring Programme for Grantees. The Mentors will come from the wide network of Scientific Advisers used by IFS in the evaluation of research proposals. Advisers are invited to participate in this programme, please contact Sinclair Mantell (mentor@ifs.se) for more information.
- Capacity Enhancing Workshops
In response to the lower success rate in accessing research grants of scientists in countries with vulnerable scientific infrastructure, IFS has developed an effective Project Conceptualisation and Preparation Course. The course analyses the scientific method and places strong emphasis on critical interaction between the participants who will formulate and re-formulate their own ideas for scientific research into a proposal which may then be submitted to a research council for funding. The participatory nature of the course ensures also that participants leave with indelible impressions of the principles which underpin the elaboration of a sound research proposal.
These courses are open to both IFS Grantees and non-grantees and are held periodically in different countries. Calls for participation are made locally as well as through IFS eNews. To subscribe to these newsbulletins, go to:
- Service and Maintenance of scientific equipment
IFS has developed a close cooperation with a number of networks of laboratory technicians concerned with this issue. For more details, go to:
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