ECerS
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JECS Trust fund
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The JECS trust was formally set up in December 2007 to oversee the expenditure of monies passed on to the European Ceramic Society (ECerS) annually by the Elsevier publishing house.
These were made:
_ In recognition that the ECerS name has made a significant contribution towards the current success of the
Journal of the European Ceramic Society (hereafter referred to as “the Journal”),
_ To maintain and build on the current strong position of the Journal
_To ensure that these funds were not used in any way contrary to Journal interests
_To enable ECerS to engage in a broader range of activities than previously possible, of mutual benefit to both ECerS and Elsevier.
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS TO THE JECS TRUST:
Applicants wishing to receive financial support from the JECS trust should be current members of ECerS and should submit their bids electronically to the ECerS secretariat (v.huart@bcrc.be). These will be passed on to the PEC (president’s executive council) committee of ECerS, who will:
_Consider the bids, and if successful, will agree the appropriate funds to be allocated.
_Make recommendations to the Trust at their 6-monthly meetings as regards the proposals that should be funded. Provided the above conditions are met, the Trust would normally approve the PEC recommendations.
In all cases, the decisions of the PEC and JECS trust shall be final.
The main focus in the expenditure of Trust money is towards student/ young researcher activities, but not exclusively so. Examples of projects which might be funded include:
_Events linked either to the biennial symposia or held at other times of the year aimed at student/young researcher participation (for example summer workshops)
_Funded visits by individual researchers to laboratories within Europe for the purposes of acquiring skills/learning new techniques or accessing equipment not available in their own laboratories.
_Themed workshops put on either as part of the biennial symposia or at other times in between. An example of these might be Topical networks focused on a specific (probably novel) subject area. For all such meetings, Elsevier would have a strong interest in hearing plans for publication.
The deadlines are: 30th of June and 31st of December.
DOWNLOAD THE "JECS TRUST APPLICATION FORM"
and send by e-mail to v.huart@bcrc.be:
Véronique Huart - Belgian Ceramic Research Centre
Avenue Gouverneur Cornez 4 - 7000 Mons - Belgium
tél. + 32 65 40 34 21 - fax + 32 65 40 34 58